Thecacera

Thecacera
A live individual of Rudman's Thecacera species 2, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Subfamily:	Polycerinae
Genus:	Thecacera Fleming, 1828[1]
Type species
Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815)

Thecacera is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.

Species

Species in the genus Thecacera include:[2]

• Thecacera boyla Willan, 1989
• Thecacera darwini Pruvot-Fol, 1950
• Thecacera pacifica Bergh, 1883
• Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815)
• Thecacera picta Baba, 1972
• Thecacera virescens Alder & Hancock, 1851[3]
• Thecacera vittata Yonow, 1994

• 
  Thecacera pennigera
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  Thecacera pacifica
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  Thecacera picta
• 
  Rudman's Thecacera species 2 [4]

References

1. Fleming (1828) Hist. Brit. Anim.: 283.
2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Thecacera Fleming, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138371 on 2014-11-20
3. Alder J. & Hancock A. (October 1851). "Descriptions of two new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca, one of them forming the type of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 2)8(46): 290-302, pls. 9-10.
4. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 29) Thecacera sp. 2 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

External links

• video of Thecacera pacifica