Polycera herthae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Polycera herthae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Polycera |
| Species: | P. herthae
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycera herthae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Curacao and Antigua. It also occurs in Cuba,[3] Florida, Costa Rica and the Bahamas.[4]
References
edit- ^ Marcus, Ev., & Er. Marcus, (1963). "Opisthobranchs from the Lesser Antilles. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands." 19(79):1-76. Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen, No. 35.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Polycera herthae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-01-09.
- ^ Ortea J., Espinosa J. & Camacho Y. (1999) "Especies del género Polycera Cuvier, 1816 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) recolectadas en la epifauna de algas rojas del Caribe de Costa Rica y Cuba." Avicennia 10-11: 157-164.
- ^ Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 132-133. ISBN 0-9700574-2-3