Cyerce nigricans on Chlorodesmis fastigiata. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 4 cm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Limapontioidea
Family:
Caliphyllidae
Genus:
Cyerce
Species:
C. nigricans
Binomial name
Cyerce nigricans
(Pease, 1866)[1]
Cyerce nigricans is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae.[2]
^Pease W. H. (1866). "Remarks on nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific islands, with descriptions of two new genera". American Journal of Conchology2(2): 204-208.
^Bouchet, P. (2015). Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494516 on 2016-03-03
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