Cyerce sp. 1.

Order: SACOGLOSSA
Superfamily: LIMAPONTIOIDEA
Family: Caliphyllidae

DISTRIBUTION

Known at present from Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea.

PHOTO

UPPER: Lizard Is, North Queensland, 30 mm long alive. June 1979. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.
LOWER: Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, December 1998, at the reef crest, 35 mm long alive. PHOTO: Julie Marshall.

A rather cryptically camouflaged species of Cyerce, which is at present unnamed. It ranges in colour from the greenish tinge of the upper photo to the brown of the lower photo.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 18) Cyerce sp. 1. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/cyersp1

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