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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Polyceridae

Scientific name
  
Polycera

Higher classification
  
Polyceridae

Superfamily
  
Polyceroidea

Subfamily
  
Polycerinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus


Lower classifications
  
Polycera quadrilineata, Crowned nudibranch, Polycera faeroensis, Polycera abei, Polycera chilluna

Nudibranch polycera quadrilineata


Polycera is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.

Contents

Polycera is the type genus of the family Polyceridae.

Nudibranchia polycera quadrilineata egg laying


Species

Species in the genus Polycera include:

Polycera Nudibranch Polycera quadrilineata

  • Polycera abei (Baba, 1960)
  • Polycera alabe Collier & Farmer, 1964
  • Polycera anae Pola, Sánchez-Benítez & Ramiro, 2014
  • Polycera atra MacFarland, 1905 orange-spike polycera
  • Polycera aurantiomarginata García-Gómez & Bobo, 1984
  • Polycera aurisula Er. Marcus, 1957
  • Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Polycera chilluna Er. Marcus, 1961
  • Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894) alternate representation of Greilada elegans
  • Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929
  • Polycera fujitai Baba, 1937
  • Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
  • Polycera herthae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963
  • Polycera hummi Abbott, 1952
  • Polycera janjukia Burn, 1962
  • Polycera japonica Baba, 1949
  • Polycera kaiserae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
  • Polycera maculata Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  • Polycera maddoxi Miller, 2005
  • Polycera manzanilloensis Ortea, Espinosa & Camacho, 1999
  • Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928
  • Polycera melanosticta Miller, 1996
  • Polycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955
  • Polycera parvula (Burn, 1958)
  • Polycera picta Risbec, 1928
  • Polycera priva Er. Marcus, 1959
  • Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera risbeci Odhner, 1941
  • Polycera rycia Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
  • Polycera sp. twin-crowned nudibranch
  • Polycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971 three-color polycera
  • Polycera xicoi Ortea & Rolán, 1989
    • Species brought into synonymy

  • Polycera atlantica Pruvot-Fol, 1956: synonym of Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
  • Polycera citrina Alder & Hancock, 1841: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Polycera conspicua Allan, 1932: synonym of Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Polycera cooki Angas, 1864: synonym of Paliolla cooki (Angas, 1864)
  • Polycera cornigera Adams & Reeve in Adams, 1848: synonym of Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
  • Polycera cristata Alder, 1841: synonym of Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
  • Polycera dubia M. Sars, 1829: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Polycera gnupa Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
  • Polycera horrida Hesse, 1872: synonym of Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837)
  • Polycera incognita (Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005): synonym of Kankelibranchus incognitus Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
  • Polycera lessoni d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Polycera lessonii d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Polycera lineatus Risso, 1826: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera mediterranea Bergh, 1879: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941: synonym of Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
  • Polycera modesta Lovén, 1846: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Polycera nigrocrocea Barnard, 1927: synonym of Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Polycera nigrolineata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera nigropicta Ihering, 1885: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera nothus (Johnston, 1838): synonym of Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838)
  • Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842: synonym of Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838)
  • Polycera ornata d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera pudica Lovén, 1846: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Polycera punctilucens d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837)
  • Polycera salamandra Labbé, 1931: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera tabescens Risbec, 1928: synonym of Tambja limaciformis (Eliot, 1908)
  • Polycera typica W. Thompson, 1840: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera varians M. Sars, 1840: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Polycera webbi d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Felimare picta (Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
  • Polycera zeylanica Kelaart, 1858: synonym of Plocamopherus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1858)
  • Polycera zosterae O’Donoghue, 1924: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
    • Nomine dubia
  • Polycera funerea Pruvot-Fol, 1930
  • Polycera pruvotae Risbec, 1953

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    Polycera Polycera faeroensis

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    References

    Polycera Wikipedia
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