Thecacera pennigera
(Montagu, 1815)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Polycerinae

DISTRIBUTION

Originally reported from the Atlantic coast of Europe, it is now known from South Africa, West Africa, Pakistan, Japan, Brazil, eastern Australia and New Zealand.

PHOTO

Thecacera pennigera on its food, the arborescent bryozoan Bugula, Port Hacking, Sydney, New South Wales, July 1982.
Photo: Bill Rudman.

Reference:
• Montagu, G. (1815). Descriptions of several new or rare animals, principally marine, discovered on the South Coast of Devonshire. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 11: 1-26, pls. 1-5
• Valles, Y., Valdes, A. & Ortea, J. (2000) On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): a crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema, 22(1): 15-31.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1997 (December 19) Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/thecpen

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