| Cyerce | |
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| Cyerce nigricans on Chlorodesmis fastigiata. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 4 cm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Sacoglossa |
| Family: | Hermaeidae |
| Genus: | Cyerce Bergh, 1871 |
| Type species | |
| Cyerce elegans Bergh, 1870 | |
Cyerce is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Caliphyllidae.1
Species
- Cyerce antillensis Engel, 1927
- Cyerce basi Moreno et al, 2025[1]
- Cyerce blackburnae Moreno et al, 2025[2]
- Cyerce bourbonica Yonow, 2012
- Cyerce cristallina (Trinchese, 1881)
- Cyerce edmundsi Thompson, 1977
- Cyerce elegans Bergh, 1870
- Cyerce goodheartae Moreno et al, 2025[3]
- Cyerce graeca Thompson T., 1988
- Cyerce habanensis Ortea & Templado, 1988
- Cyerce kikutarobabai Hamatani, 1976
- Cyerce katiae Moreno et al, 2025[4]
- Cyerce liliuokalaniae Moreno et al, 2025[5]
- Cyerce nigra Bergh, 1871
- Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866)
- Cyerce orteai Valdés & Camacho-Garcia, 2000
- Cyerce pavonina Bergh, 1888
- Cyerce takanoi Moreno et al, 20252
- Cyerce trowbridgeae Moreno et al, 2025[6]
- Cyerce tutela Moreno et al, 2025[7]
- Cyerce verdensis Ortea & Templado, 1990
- Cyerce whaapi Moreno et al, 2025[8]
References
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyerce. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494335 on 2012-06-11
- Moreno, Karena; Medrano, Sabrina; Gosliner, Terrence; Wilson, Nerida; Krug, Patrick; Valdés, Angel (17 May 2025). "Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Cyerce (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa: Caliphyllidae) from the Pacific and Indian oceans with descriptions of nine new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (1). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf030.