Polycera melanosticta is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Polycera melanosticta | |
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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: | Polycera |
| Species: | P. melanosticta
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycera melanosticta M. C. Miller, 1996[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from ten specimens collected from underneath a paint raft at Devonport Naval Base, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ecology edit
Polycera melanosticta feeds on Bugula neritina and Bugula stolonifera.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Miller, M. C. (1996). A new species of the dorid nudibranch genus Polycera Cuvier, 1816 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand.[dead link] Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 62: 443-450.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera melanosticta M. C. Miller, 1996. Accessed on 2019-10-12.