Thecacera
Genus of gastropods
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::summary Genus of gastropods ::
| image = Thecacera sp.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of Rudman's Thecacera species 2, head end towards the left | taxon = Thecacera | authority = Fleming, 1828 | type_species = Thecacera pennigera | type_species_authority = (Montagu, 1815) | synonyms =
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:
- 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
- Thecacera vittata Yonow, 1994
File:Thecacera-pennigera.jpg|Thecacera pennigera File:Thecacera pacifica (Polyceridae Nudibranch).jpg|Thecacera pacifica File:Thecacera Nick Hobgood.jpg|Thecacera picta File:Thecacera sp. (Polyceridae nudibranch).jpg|Rudman's Thecacera species 2
References
References
- [[John Fleming (naturalist). Fleming]] (1828) ''Hist. Brit. Anim.'': 283.
- 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
- [[Joshua Alder. Alder J.]] & [[Albany Hancock. 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'' https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof28lond (series 2)'''8''': [https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof28lond#page/290/mode/2up 290]-302, pls. 9-10.
- [http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/thecsp2 Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 29) ''Thecacera'' sp. 2 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.]
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