Polycera

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

Polycera
The nudibranch Polycera quadrilineata, in situ, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Polycerinae
Genus: Polycera
Cuvier, 1817[1]
Type species
Polycera quadrilineata
Muller, 1776
Synonyms
  • Galacera Risso-Dominguez, 1960
  • Polyceras Locard, 1886 (Unjustified emendation)

Polycera is the type genus of the family Polyceridae.

Species

Species in the genus Polycera include:[2]

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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References
  1. 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].
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Polycera Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-12-08
  3. Gosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
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