Cyerce kikutarobabai

Cyerce kikutarobabai is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae.

Cyerce kikutarobabai
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. kikutarobabai
Binomial name
Cyerce kikutarobabai
Hamatani, 1976 [1]

The specific name kikutarobabai is in honor of the Japanese malacologist Kikutaro Baba.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean.

References
  1. Hamatani, I. (1976). "A new species of Cyerce Bergh, 1871, C. kikutarobabai from Yoron Island (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa)". Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 23(3-5): 283-288. Plate 1.


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