Polycera hummi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Polycera hummi | |
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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. hummi
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycera hummi Abbott, 1952[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the Gulf of Mexico, Florida. It also occurs in North Carolina.[3]
References
edit- ^ Abbott, Robert Tucker, (1952). "Two new opisthobranch mollusks from the Gulf of Mexico belonging to the genera Pleurobranchaea and Polycera." Florida State University Studies, No. 7, Papers from the Oceanographic Institute, pp. 1-7, pls. 1,2.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Polycera hummi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-01-09.
- ^ 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