| Thecacera pacifica | |
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| A live individual of Thecacera pacifica in situ, head end towards the left | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| 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]
- ^ (in German) Bergh R. (1883). "Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Polyceraden". Verhandlungen der Koniglich-kaiserlich Zoologische-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wein (Abhundlungen) 33: 135-180, plates 6-10.
- ^ "New Week Nudibranch: Thecacera pacifica". 26 October 2010.