Polycera

Polycera
The nudibranch Polycera quadrilineata, in situ, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

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 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]

Species brought into synonymy
Nomine dubia

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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