Polycera melanosticta is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Polycera melanosticta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Polycera
Species:
P. melanosticta
Binomial name
Polycera melanosticta
M. C. Miller, 1996[1]

Distribution

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This species was described from ten specimens collected from underneath a paint raft at Devonport Naval Base, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ecology

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Polycera melanosticta feeds on Bugula neritina and Bugula stolonifera.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Miller, M. C. (1996). A new species of the dorid nudibranch genus Polycera Cuvier, 1816 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand.[dead link] Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 62: 443-450.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera melanosticta M. C. Miller, 1996. Accessed on 2019-10-12.