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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
POLYCERIDAE: POLYCERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
> Polyceridae (Family)
> Polycerinae (Subfamily)
> Thecacera (Genus)
> pennigera (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ohola Bergh, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pennigera Montagu, 1813
=Thecacera lamellata Barnard, 1933
=Thecacera maculata Eliot, 1905
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
POLYCERIDAE: POLYCERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
> Polyceridae (Family)
> Polycerinae (Subfamily)
> Thecacera (Genus)
> pennigera (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ohola Bergh, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pennigera Montagu, 1813
=Thecacera lamellata Barnard, 1933
=Thecacera maculata Eliot, 1905
Details: Thecacera pennigera (Montague, 1815)
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.71)
  • Willan, R.C. 1976 The opisthobranch Thecacera pennigera (Montagu) in New Zealand with a discussion on the genus, The Veliger, 18(4) (p.347)
  • Montagu, G. 1813 Descriptions of several new or rare animals, principally marine, discovered on the South coast of Devonshire., Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11(1) (p.17) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil