Polycera elegans is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Polycera elegans | |
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| A live individual of Polycera elegans from Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, Wales, UK | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Polycera |
| Species: | P. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycera elegans | |
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Distribution
editThis species occurs from southern England and Wales, south along coasts of the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. It is found in the Canary Islands and as far east as Italy in the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
Description
editThis polycerid nudibranch is translucent orange with large iridescent blue spots. There is a tracery of blue-green iridescence along the pallial margin and on the midribs of the gills.[4]
References
edit- ^ Bergh R. (1894). Eine gattung von Polyceraden (Greilada). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 60 (1): 1-6
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140833 on 2024-10-06
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2004 (February 12) Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., (2010) Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. [In] In: Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
External links
edit- Photos of Polycera elegans on Sealife Collection
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