Polycera is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.
Polycera is the type genus of the family Polyceridae.
Species
Species in the genus Polycera include:
- Polycera abei <small>(Baba, 1960)</small>
- Polycera alabe <small>Collier & Farmer, 1964</small>
- Polycera anae <small>Pola, Sánchez-BenÃÂtez & Ramiro, 2014</small>
- Polycera atra <small>MacFarland, 1905</small> orange-spike polycera
- Polycera aurantiomarginata <small>GarcÃÂa-Gómez & Bobo, 1984</small>
- Polycera aurisula <small>Er. Marcus, 1957</small>
- Polycera capensis <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1824</small>
- Polycera chilluna <small>Er. Marcus, 1961</small>
- Polycera elegans <small>(Bergh, 1894)</small> alternate representation of Greilada elegans
- Polycera faeroensis <small>Lemche, 1929</small>
- Polycera fujitai <small>Baba, 1937</small>
- Polycera hedgpethi <small>Er. Marcus, 1964</small>
- Polycera herthae <small>Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963</small>
- Polycera hummi <small>Abbott, 1952</small>
- Polycera janjukia <small>Burn, 1962</small>
- Polycera japonica <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Polycera kaiserae <small>Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007</small>
- Polycera maculata <small>Pruvot-Fol, 1951</small>
- Polycera maddoxi <small>Miller, 2005</small>
- Polycera manzanilloensis <small>Ortea, Espinosa & Camacho, 1999</small>
- Polycera marplatensis <small>Franceschi, 1928</small>
- Polycera melanosticta <small>Miller, 1996</small>
- Polycera norvegica <small>Sørensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020</small>
- Polycera odhneri <small>Er. Marcus, 1955</small>
- Polycera parvula <small>(Burn, 1958)</small>
- Polycera picta <small>Risbec, 1928</small>
- Polycera priva <small>Er. Marcus, 1959</small>
- Polycera quadrilineata <small>(O. F. Müller, 1776)</small>
- Polycera risbeci <small>Odhner, 1941</small>
- Polycera rycia <small>Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970</small>
- Polycera sp. twin-crowned nudibranch
- Polycera tricolor <small>Robilliard, 1971</small> three-color polycera
- Polycera xicoi <small>Ortea & Rolán, 1989</small>
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 OâÂÂDonoghue, 1924: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
Nomine dubia
- Polycera funerea <small>Pruvot-Fol, 1930</small>
- Polycera pruvotae <small>Risbec, 1953</small>
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