Polycera rycia is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Polycera rycia | |
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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. rycia
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycera rycia Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from Biscayne Bay, Florida. It has been reported from Cuba.[3]
References edit
- ^ Marcus Er. & Marcus Ev. (1970). Opisthobranchs from Curacao and faunistically related regions. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands. 33: 1-129.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera rycia Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. Accessed on 2019-10-12.
- ^ Ortea J., Espinosa J. & Camacho Y. (1999) Especies del género Polycera Cuvier, 1816 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) recolectadas en la epifauna de algas rojas del Caribe de Costa Rica y Cuba. Avicennia 10-11: 157-164.