Thecacera boyla is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
| Thecacera boyla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Thecacera |
| Species: | T. boyla
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| Binomial name | |
| Thecacera boyla Willan, 1989[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was first described from Queensland, Australia.
Description
editThis polycerid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour, with extensive mottled patches of light and dark green pigment.[2]
References
edit- ^ Willan, R.C. 1989: Phylogenetic systematics and zoogeography of Australian nudibranchs 2. Description of a new species of Thecacera with comments on the genus and its contained species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 10: 1-12
- ^ Thecacera boyla on Nudipixel