Polycera

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 (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 norvegica Sørensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020
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

External links

SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). . Malacologia. 14: 147–165.