Thecacera pacifica | |
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A live individual of Thecacera pacifica in situ, head end towards the left | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Polyceridae |
Genus: | Thecacera |
Species: | T. pacifica
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Binomial name | |
Thecacera pacifica |
Thecacera pacifica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It is sometimes also nicknamed Pikachu nudibranch due to its resemblance to the Pokémon character Pikachu.[2]