Polycera

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Polycera
Polycera-quadrilineata.jpg
The nudibranch Polycera quadrilineata, in situ, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
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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
  • GalaceraRisso-Dominguez, 1960
  • Polyceras Locard, 1886 (Unjustified emendation)

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

Contents

Polycera is the type genus of the family Polyceridae.

Species

Species in the genus Polycera include: [2]

Species brought into synonymy
Nomine dubia

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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