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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.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sorcerer's Dorid
speciesPolycera atra

Four-lined Polycera
speciesPolycera quadrilineata

Hedgpeth's Dorid
speciesPolycera hedgpethi

crowned nudibranch
speciesPolycera capensis

Polycera kernowensis
speciesPolycera kernowensis

Polycera norvegica
speciesPolycera norvegica

Three-color Polycera
speciesPolycera tricolor

Polycera faeroensis
speciesPolycera faeroensis

Polycera parvula
speciesPolycera parvula

Polycera janjukia
speciesPolycera janjukia

Polycera melanosticta
speciesPolycera melanosticta

Humm's Nudibranch
speciesPolycera hummi

Orange-stripe Crown Nudibranch
speciesPolycera namaquae

Twin Crown Nudibranch
speciesPolycera enesithsaba
Ink Stain Dorid
speciesPolycera alabe

Polycera maddoxi
speciesPolycera maddoxi

Polycera nimbsi
speciesPolycera nimbsi

Four-stripe Crown Nudibranch
speciesPolycera onomqhele

Polycera elegans
speciesPolycera elegans

Polycera aurantiomarginata
speciesPolycera aurantiomarginata

Polycera risbeci
speciesPolycera risbeci

Polycera fujitai
speciesPolycera fujitai

Polycera marplatensis
speciesPolycera marplatensis

Polycera abei
speciesPolycera abei

Papillose Polycera
speciesPolycera rycia

Odhner's Polycera
speciesPolycera odhneri

Polycera herthae
speciesPolycera herthae

Polycera japonica
speciesPolycera japonica

Polycera lini
speciesPolycera lini

Harlequin Polycera
speciesPolycera chilluna
Ana's Dorid
speciesPolycera anae
Polycera manzanilloensis
speciesPolycera manzanilloensis
Polycera xicoi
speciesPolycera xicoi
Polycera aurisula
speciesPolycera aurisula
Polycera priva
speciesPolycera priva
Polycera picta
speciesPolycera picta
Polycera maculata
speciesPolycera maculata
Kirsty's Dorid
speciesPolycera kaiserae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48459.