Polycera elegans
Species of gastropod
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Polycera |
| Species: | P. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Polycera elegans | |
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Distribution
This 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
This 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]
