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Polycera melanosticta M. C. Miller 1996

Polycera melanosticta

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

Distribution

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

Ecology

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

References

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

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

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