Polycera maddoxi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Polycera maddoxi | |
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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. maddoxi
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycera maddoxi M. C. Miller, 2005[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from two specimens collected in 1997 on a jetty piling at Port Taranaki, New Zealand. A specimen was photographed in 1988 at Hapuka Rock, Sugar Loaf Islands by David Maddox, who also collected the type specimen. It has also been reported from the Poor Knights Islands.[3]
References
edit- ^ Miller, M. C. (2005). A new species of the dorid nudibranch genus Polycera Cuvier, 1817 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand. Vita Malacologia. 3 : 51-54.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera maddoxi M. C. Miller, 2005. Accessed on 2018-09-12.
- ^ Skipworth, I., 2015. Polycera maddoxi New Zealand Nudibranchs. Accessed 2018-09-12.