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Polycera Cuvier, 1816

138369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138369)

accepted
Genus
Greilada Bergh, 1894 · unaccepted
Polyceras Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (Unjustified emendation)

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  1. Species Polycera abei (Baba, 1960)
  2. Species Polycera alabe Collier & Farmer, 1964
  3. Species Polycera anae Pola, Sánchez-Benítez & Ramiro, 2014
  4. Species Polycera atra MacFarland, 1905
  5. Species Polycera aurantiomarginata García-Gómez & Bobo, 1984
  6. Species Polycera aurisula Er. Marcus, 1957
  7. Species Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  8. Species Polycera chilluna Er. Marcus, 1961
  9. Species Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
  10. Species Polycera enesithsaba Toms, Pola, von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2026
  11. Species Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929
  12. Species Polycera fujitai Baba, 1937
  13. Species Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
  14. Species Polycera herthae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963
  15. Species Polycera hummi Abbott, 1952
  16. Species Polycera janjukia Burn, 1962
  17. Species Polycera japonica Baba, 1949
  18. Species Polycera kaiserae Hermosillo & Á. Valdés, 2007
  19. Species Polycera kernowensis Korshunova, Driessen, Picton & Martynov, 2021
  20. Species Polycera lini S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2023
  21. Species Polycera maculata Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  22. Species Polycera maddoxi M. C. Miller, 2005
  23. Species Polycera manzanilloensis Ortea, Espinosa & Camacho, 1999
  24. Species Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928
  25. Species Polycera melanosticta M. C. Miller, 1996
  26. Species Polycera namaquae Toms, Pola, von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2026
  27. Species Polycera nimbsi Pola, Miguel-González & Paz-Sedano, 2023
  28. Species Polycera norvegica Sørensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020
  29. Species Polycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955
  30. Species Polycera onomqhele Toms, Pola, von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2026
  31. Species Polycera parvula (Burn, 1958)
  32. Species Polycera picta Risbec, 1928
  33. Species Polycera priva Er. Marcus, 1959
  34. Species Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  35. Species Polycera risbeci Odhner, 1941
  36. Species Polycera rycia Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
  37. Species Polycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971
  38. Species Polycera xicoi Ortea & Rolán, 1989
  39. Species Polycera capitata (Alder & Hancock, 1854) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  40. Species Polycera funerea Pruvot-Fol, 1930 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  41. Subgenus Polycera (Greilada) Bergh, 1894 accepted as Greilada Bergh, 1894 accepted as Polycera Cuvier, 1816
    1. Species Polycera (Greilada) messinensis Odhner, 1941 accepted as Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
  42. Species Polycera atlantica Pruvot-Fol, 1956 accepted as Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
  43. Species Polycera ceylanica Kelaart, 1858 accepted as Plocamopherus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1858) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  44. Species Polycera citrina Alder & Hancock, 1841 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  45. Species Polycera conspicua J. K. Allan, 1932 accepted as Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  46. Species Polycera cooki Angas, 1864 accepted as Paliolla cooki (Angas, 1864) (original combination)
  47. Species Polycera cornigera A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J. E. Gray, 1850)
  48. Species Polycera cristata Alder, 1841 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Species Polycera dubia M. Sars, 1829 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) (original combination)
  50. Species Polycera gnupa Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 accepted as Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
  51. Species Polycera horrida Hesse, 1872 accepted as Aegires punctilucens (A. d'Orbigny, 1837) (synonym)
  52. Species Polycera incognita (Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005) accepted as Kankelibranchus incognitus Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
  53. 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)
  54. Species Polycera lessoni Risbec, 1928 accepted as Polycera risbeci Odhner, 1941 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Polycera lessoni d'Orbigny, 1837; P. risbeci and P. pruvotae are replacement names)
  55. Species Polycera lessonii A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) (junior synonym)
  56. Species Polycera lineatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  57. Species Polycera mediterranea Bergh, 1879 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  58. Species Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941 accepted as Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
  59. Species Polycera modesta Lovén, 1846 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  60. Species Polycera nigrocrocea Barnard, 1927 accepted as Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  61. Species Polycera nigrolineata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  62. Species Polycera nigropicta Ihering, 1885 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  63. Species Polycera nothus (G. Johnston, 1838) accepted as Palio nothus (G. Johnston, 1838) (assigned to genus Palio)
  64. Species Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842 accepted as Palio nothus (G. Johnston, 1838) (dubious synonym)
  65. Species Polycera ornata A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  66. Species Polycera pruvotae Risbec, 1953 accepted as Polycera risbeci Odhner, 1941
  67. Species Polycera pudica Lovén, 1846 accepted as Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) (dubious synonym)
  68. Species Polycera punctilucens A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Aegires punctilucens (A. d'Orbigny, 1837) (original combination)
  69. Species Polycera ramulosa Stimpson, 1855 accepted as Plocamopherus ramulosus (Stimpson, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  70. Species Polycera salamandra Labbé, 1931 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  71. Species Polycera tabescens Risbec, 1928 accepted as Tambja limaciformis (Eliot, 1908) accepted as Martadoris limaciformis (Eliot, 1908)
  72. Species Polycera typica W. Thompson, 1840 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  73. Species Polycera varians M. Sars, 1840 accepted as Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  74. Species Polycera webbi A. d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
  75. Species Polycera zosterae O'Donoghue, 1924 accepted as Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924)
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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] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polycera Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138369 on 2026-06-24
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Nomenclature

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] OpenAccess publication

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
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original description (of Galacera Risso-Dominguez, 1960) Risso-Dominguez, C. J. (1960). <i>Galacera</i>, new genus of polycerid nudibranchs. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 74(2): 56-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523931 [details] 

 
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