Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Polyceridae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Polyceroidea Genus Thecacera | |
Thecacera darwini is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
Contents
Distribution
This species was first described from Chile, South America. It was first collected by Charles Darwin.
Description
This polycerid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with scattered black spots. The tip of the tail, gills, rhinophores and rhinophore sheaths are yellow.
Ecology
Thecacera darwini feeds on the bryozoan Beania magellanica.
References
Thecacera darwini Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA