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:MolluscaBase eds. (2026). Polycera Cuvier, 1816, AphiaID 138369, accessed 2026-09-20. Polycera abei (Baba, 1960) Polycera alabe Collier & Farmer, 1964 Polycera anae Pola, Sánchez-Benítez & Ramiro, 2014 Polycera atra MacFarland, 1905 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 enesithsaba Toms, Pola, von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2026 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 kernowensis Korshunova, Driessen, Picton & Martynov, 2021 Polycera lini S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2023 Polycera maculata Pruvot-Fol, 1951 Polycera maddoxi Miller, 2005 Polycera manzanilloensis Ortea, Espinosa & Camacho, 1999 Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928 Polycera melanosticta Miller, 1996 Polycera namaquae Toms, Pola, von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2026 Polycera nimbsi Pola, Miguel-González & Paz-Sedano, 2023 Polycera norvegica Sørensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020 Polycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955 P. onomqhele Toms, Pola, von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2026 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 nudibranchGosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa Polycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971 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 Martadoris 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 webbii d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836, 1836) Polycera ceylanica Kelaart, 1858: synonym of Plocamopherus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1858) Polycera zosterae O’Donoghue, 1924: synonym of Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924) Nomine dubia Polycera funerea Pruvot-Fol, 1930 Polycera pruvotae Risbec, 1953 Polycera capitata (Alder & Hancock, 1854).
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