Polycera abei

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| image = Polycera-abei.jpg

| image_caption = The nudibranch, Polycera-abei, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong.

| genus = Polycera

| species = abei

| authority = (Baba, 1960)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, pl. 6.

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Greilada abei Baba, 1960

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Polycera abei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species of polycerid nudibranch was described from Japan.

Description

The body of Polycera abei is translucent yellowish-white. The entire back and sides are covered with moderate sized black spots and fewer, slightly larger, orange spots. The oral veil has six tapering black-tipped papillae.[http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_53925.shtml Polycera abei at Gastropods.com]

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