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:[2]
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Polycera abei (Baba, 1960)
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Polycera alabe Collier & Farmer, 1964
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Polycera anae Pola, Sánchez-Benítez & Ramiro, 2014
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Polycera atra MacFarland, 1905 orange-spike polycera
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Polycera aurantiomarginata García-Gómez & Bobo, 1984
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Polycera aurisula Er. Marcus, 1957
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Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Polycera chilluna Er. Marcus, 1961
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Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894) alternate representation of Greilada elegans
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Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929
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Polycera fujitai Baba, 1937
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Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
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Polycera herthae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963
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Polycera hummi Abbott, 1952
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Polycera janjukia Burn, 1962
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Polycera japonica Baba, 1949
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Polycera kaiserae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
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Polycera maculata Pruvot-Fol, 1951
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Polycera maddoxi Miller, 2005
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Polycera manzanilloensis Ortea, Espinosa & Camacho, 1999
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Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928
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Polycera melanosticta Miller, 1996
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Polycera norvegica Sørensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020
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Polycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955
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Polycera parvula (Burn, 1958)
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Polycera picta Risbec, 1928
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Polycera priva Er. Marcus, 1959
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Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera risbeci Odhner, 1941
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Polycera rycia Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
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Polycera sp. twin-crowned nudibranch[3]
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Polycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971 three-color polycera
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Polycera xicoi Ortea & Rolán, 1989
- Species brought into synonymy
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Polycera atlantica Pruvot-Fol, 1956: synonym of Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
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Polycera citrina Alder & Hancock, 1841: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
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Polycera conspicua Allan, 1932: synonym of Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Polycera cooki Angas, 1864: synonym of Paliolla cooki (Angas, 1864)
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Polycera cornigera Adams & Reeve in Adams, 1848: synonym of Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
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Polycera cristata Alder, 1841: synonym of Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
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Polycera dubia M. Sars, 1829: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
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Polycera gnupa Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
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Polycera horrida Hesse, 1872: synonym of Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837)
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Polycera incognita (Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005): synonym of Kankelibranchus incognitus Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
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Polycera lessoni d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
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Polycera lessonii d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
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Polycera lineatus Risso, 1826: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera mediterranea Bergh, 1879: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941: synonym of Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
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Polycera modesta Lovén, 1846: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
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Polycera nigrocrocea Barnard, 1927: synonym of Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Polycera nigrolineata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera nigropicta Ihering, 1885: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera nothus (Johnston, 1838): synonym of Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838)
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Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842: synonym of Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838)
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Polycera ornata d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera pudica Lovén, 1846: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
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Polycera punctilucens d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837)
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Polycera salamandra Labbé, 1931: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera tabescens Risbec, 1928: synonym of Tambja limaciformis (Eliot, 1908)
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Polycera typica W. Thompson, 1840: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera varians M. Sars, 1840: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Polycera webbi d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Felimare picta (Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
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Polycera zeylanica Kelaart, 1858: synonym of Plocamopherus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1858)
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Polycera zosterae O’Donoghue, 1924: synonym of Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
- Nomine dubia
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Polycera funerea Pruvot-Fol, 1930
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Polycera pruvotae Risbec, 1953
References
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^ Cuvier G. (1817) Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, 1976, Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 8(1): 31].
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^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Polycera Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-12-08
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^ Gosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
