Cyerce kikutarobabai

Cyerce kikutarobabai
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hermaeidae
Genus: Cyerce
Species:
C. kikutarobabai
Binomial name
Cyerce kikutarobabai
Hamatani, 1976 [1]

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

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.