Polycera

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Genus of gastropods

title: "Polycera" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["polyceridae", "gastropod-genera", "taxa-named-by-georges-cuvier"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/polyceridae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycera" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Polycera-quadrilineata.jpg | image_caption = The nudibranch Polycera quadrilineata, in situ, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | taxon = Polycera | authority = Cuvier, 1817 | type_species = Polycera quadrilineata | type_species_authority = 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:

References

References

  1. Cuvier G. (1817) [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18030 ''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). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138369 ''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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