Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Black-Horn Tecacera
Thecacera melkyi
Black-Horn Tecacera
Category: Dorid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Thecacera melkyi
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (4 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass) Heterobranchs
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Doridida (Order)
     └Doridoidei (Infraorder) Dorid Nudibranchs
      └Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
       └Polyceridae (Family)
        └Thecacera (Genus)
         └T. melkyi (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1883888🔗
iNaturalist ID: 1679553🔗

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