Polycera
# Polycera

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:

* Polycera abei (Baba, 1960)
* Polycera alabe Collier & Farmer, 1964
* Polycera anae Pola, Sánchez-Benítez & Ramiro, 2014
* Polycera atra MacFarland, 1905 orange-spike polycera
* Polycera aurantiomarginata García-Gómez & Bobo, 1984
* Polycera aurisula Er. Marcus, 1957
* Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
* Polycera chilluna Er. Marcus, 1961
* Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894) alternate representation of Greilada elegans
* Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929
* Polycera fujitai Baba, 1937
* Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
* Polycera herthae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963
* Polycera hummi Abbott, 1952
* Polycera janjukia Burn, 1962
* Polycera japonica Baba, 1949
* Polycera kaiserae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
* Polycera maculata Pruvot-Fol, 1951
* Polycera maddoxi Miller, 2005
* Polycera manzanilloensis Ortea, Espinosa & Camacho, 1999
* Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928
* Polycera melanosticta Miller, 1996
* Polycera norvegica Sørensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020
* Polycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955
* Polycera parvula (Burn, 1958)
* Polycera picta Risbec, 1928
* Polycera priva Er. Marcus, 1959
* Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
* Polycera risbeci Odhner, 1941
* Polycera rycia Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
* Polycera sp. twin-crowned nudibranch
* Polycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971 three-color polycera
* Polycera xicoi Ortea & Rolán, 1989

### 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
