Learchis poica is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | L. poica
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| Learchis poica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the East coast of Virginia Key, Miami, Florida. It has been reported from Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados and Ghana.[3]
References
edit- ^ Marcus, Ev. and Er. Marcus. 1960. Opisthobranchs from American Atlantic warm waters. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 10: 129–203.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Learchis poica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-19
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (September 22) Learchis poica Marcus & Marcus, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.