ERMS taxon details
Polycera Cuvier, 1816
138369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138369)
accepted
Genus
Doris quadrilineata O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (type by subsequent designation)
Greilada Bergh, 1894 · unaccepted
- Species Polycera aurantiomarginata García-Gómez & Bobo, 1984
- Species Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
- Species Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929
- Species Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
- Species Polycera kernowensis Korshunova, Driessen, Picton & Martynov, 2021
- Species Polycera maculata Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Species Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Polycera citrina Alder & Hancock, 1841 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
- Species Polycera cristata Alder, 1841 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) (synonym)
- Species Polycera dubia M. Sars, 1829 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) (original combination)
- Species Polycera horrida Hesse, 1872 accepted as Aegires punctilucens (A. d'Orbigny, 1837) (synonym)
- Species Polycera lessoni A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Polycera lessonii A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) (misspelling of specific epithet)
- Species Polycera lessonii A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) (junior synonym)
- Species Polycera lineatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941 accepted as Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
- Species Polycera modesta Lovén, 1846 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
- Species Polycera nothus (G. Johnston, 1838) accepted as Palio nothus (G. Johnston, 1838) (assigned to genus Palio)
- Species Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842 accepted as Palio nothus (G. Johnston, 1838) (dubious synonym)
- Species Polycera ornata A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Polycera pudica Lovén, 1846 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) (dubious synonym)
- Species Polycera punctilucens A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Aegires punctilucens (A. d'Orbigny, 1837) (original combination)
- Species Polycera salamandra Labbé, 1931 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Polycera typica W. Thompson, 1840 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Polycera varians M. Sars, 1840 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Polycera webbi A. d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
marine
Cuvier G. (1816 ["1817"]). <i>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</i>. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, <i>Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History</i> 8(1): 31] Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18030 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polycera Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138369 on 2025-05-20
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Polycera Cuvier, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138369 on 2025-05-20
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original description
Cuvier G. (1816 ["1817"]). <i>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</i>. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, <i>Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History</i> 8(1): 31] Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18030 [details]
original description (of Greilada Bergh, 1894) Bergh, L. S. R. (1894). Eine neue Gattung von Polyceraden (<em>Greilada</em>). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 60(1): 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6415112
page(s): 1 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Greilada Bergh, 1894) Bergh, L. S. R. (1894). Eine neue Gattung von Polyceraden (<em>Greilada</em>). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 60(1): 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6415112
page(s): 1 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
