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Polycera marplatensis

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Polycera marplatensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Polycera
Species:
P. marplatensis
Binomial name
Polycera marplatensis
Franceschi, 1928[1]

Polycera marplatensis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 38°2′11″S 57°31′37″W / 38.03639°S 57.52694°W / -38.03639; -57.52694. It has been reported from Brazil to Patagonia. [3]

Ecology

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Polycera marplatensis is common in the intertidal zone where it feeds on the Bryozoan Bugula sp..[3]

References

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  1. ^ Franceschi, G. 1928. Una nueva forma de nudibranquio de la Argentina (Polycera quadrilineata var. marplatensis n. var). Anales Museo Nacional Historia Natural. 34:577-586.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928. Accessed on 2019-10-11.
  3. ^ a b Muniain, C. & Ortea, J., 1998. The taxonomic status and redescription of Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928 (Nudibranchia: Polyceratidae) from Argentina. The Veliger, 41(2): 142-147.