Polycera elegans

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Species of gastropod

title: "Polycera elegans" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["polyceridae", "gastropods-described-in-1894"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/polyceridae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycera_elegans" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of gastropod ::

| image = Greele01.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of Polycera elegans from Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, Wales, UK | genus = Polycera | species = elegans | authority = Bergh, 1894 | synonyms =

  • Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894
  • Palio espagnoli Tejedo, 1994
  • Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894) accepted, alternate representation
  • Polycera atlantica Pruvot-Fol, 1956
  • Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941

Polycera elegans is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species occurs from southern England and Wales, south along coasts of the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. It is found in the Canary Islands and as far east as Italy in the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

This polycerid nudibranch is translucent orange with large iridescent blue spots. There is a tracery of blue-green iridescence along the pallial margin and on the midribs of the gills.

References

References

  1. Bergh R. (1894). ''Eine gattung von Polyceraden (''Greilada'').'' Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 60 (1): 1-6
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140833 on 2024-10-06
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (February 12) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/greieleg ''Greilada elegans'' Bergh, 1894.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., (2010) [http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=W13670 ''Greilada elegans'' Bergh, 1894.] [In] In: Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.

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