Polycera abei (Baba, 1960)
Description
A polycerid about 15 mm in length. Body limaciform, smooth above (non-tuberculate); no pallial ridge on each side. Velar papillae six, long and digitiform. Rhinophores perfoliate, non-retractile. Branchial plumes seven, simply pinnate, non-retractile; no exo-branchial appendage on each side of the gill. Oral veil semicircular; foot corners angulated. General body colour translucent yellowish-white, marked above with black spots interspersed among orange ones. Rhinophores and velar papillae black; gills yellowish-white with black tips; sole without markings.Distribution
Type locality: Amaharashi, Toyama Bay, Japan.Etymology
The specific epithet abei honours Mr. Takeo Abe of Takaoka Senior High School (Toyama Pref.), a long-time collaborator who collected the holotype.Remarks
Originally described as Greilada abei. Greilada was treated as a separate genus from Polycera on the absence of exo-branchial appendages, but later treatments accept the species as Polycera abei.References
- Greilada abei BABA, n. sp. Kosode-umiushi (n. n.), Baba K. (1960). THE GENERA POLYCERA, PALIO, GREILADA AND THECACERA FROM JAPAN (NUDIBRANCHIA-POLYCERIDAE). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 8(1): 75-78. https://doi.org/10.5134/174699
- 高岡生物研究会. (2002). 日本海のウミウシ. 第2版.
- コソデウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- コソデウミウシ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2020). 新版 ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
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Same Genus Nudibranchs
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