Thecacera
Genus of gastropods
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Thecacera is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.
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| A live individual of Rudman's Thecacera species 2, head end towards the left | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Polycerinae |
| Genus: | Thecacera Fleming, 1828[1] |
| Type species | |
| Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815) | |
Species
Species in the genus Thecacera include:[2]
- 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[3]
- Thecacera vittata Yonow, 1994
Rudman's Thecacera species 2 [4]
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