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

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