| Polycera elegans | |
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| A live individual of Polycera elegans from Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, Wales, UK | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Polycera |
| Species: | P. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Polycera elegans Bergh, 1894 | |
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Polycera elegans is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
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.
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.
References
- Bergh R. (1894). Eine gattung von Polyceraden (Greilada). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 60 (1): 1-6
- MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140833 on 2024-10-06
- Rudman, W.B., 2004 (February 12) Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., (2010) Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. In: Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
External links
- Photos of Polycera elegans on Sealife Collection
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Greilada elegans | |