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
- 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 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
- Polycera picta Risbec, 1928
- Polycera priva Er. Marcus, 1959
- Polycera quadrilineata
- 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
- Polycera citrina Alder & Hancock, 1841: synonym of Palio dubia
- Polycera conspicua Allan, 1932: synonym of Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Polycera cooki Angas, 1864: synonym of Paliolla cooki
- Polycera cornigera Adams & Reeve in Adams, 1848: synonym of Ceratosoma trilobatum
- Polycera cristata Alder, 1841: synonym of Ancula gibbosa
- Polycera dubia M. Sars, 1829: synonym of Palio dubia
- Polycera gnupa Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
- Polycera horrida Hesse, 1872: synonym of Aegires punctilucens
- Polycera incognita : synonym of Kankelibranchus incognitus Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
- Polycera lessoni d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Palio dubia
- Polycera lessonii d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Palio dubia
- Polycera lineatus Risso, 1826: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera mediterranea Bergh, 1879: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941: synonym of Polycera elegans
- Polycera modesta Lovén, 1846: synonym of Palio dubia
- Polycera nigrocrocea Barnard, 1927: synonym of Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Polycera nigrolineata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera nigropicta Ihering, 1885: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera nothus : synonym of Palio nothus
- Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842: synonym of Palio nothus
- Polycera ornata d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera pudica Lovén, 1846: synonym of Palio dubia
- Polycera punctilucens d'Orbigny, 1837: synonym of Aegires punctilucens
- Polycera salamandra Labbé, 1931: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera tabescens Risbec, 1928: synonym of Tambja limaciformis
- Polycera typica W. Thompson, 1840: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera varians M. Sars, 1840: synonym of Polycera quadrilineata
- Polycera webbi d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Felimare picta
- Polycera zeylanica Kelaart, 1858: synonym of Plocamopherus ceylonicus
- Polycera zosterae O’Donoghue, 1924: synonym of Palio dubia
;Nomine dubia
- Polycera funerea Pruvot-Fol, 1930
- Polycera pruvotae Risbec, 1953
