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Family: Polyceridae



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111 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Colga pacifica
[]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Colga ramosa
[]
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Colga villosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm TL
 
Crimora coneja
[Rabbit doris]
No picture found
 
Crimora multidigitalis
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Crimora papillata Alder & Hancock, 1862

Photo by Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Crimora papillata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm DL
 
Galacera marplatensis
[]
No picture found
 
Greilada elegans
[]
No picture found
 
Heteroplocamus pacificus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Holoplocamus papposus
[Small knobbed sea slug]
No picture found
 
Kalinga ornata
[]
No picture found
 
Kaloplocamus acutus
[Acute kaloplocamus]
No picture found
 
Kaloplocamus croceus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Kaloplocamus gulo
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific, Eastern Atl

Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Kaloplocamus ramosus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Kankelibranchus incognitus
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic, the M

Limacia clavigera (Müller, 1776)

Photo by Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Limacia clavigera
[Orange clubbed sea slug]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm TL
 
Limacia cockerelli
[Cockerell's dorid]
No picture found
 
Limacia inesae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm TL
 
Limacia janssi
[Janss' dorid]
No picture found
 
Limacia jellyi
[]
No picture found
 
Limacia langavi
[]
No picture found
 
Limacia miali
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Martadoris oliva
[]
No picture found
 
Nembrotha amitina
[]

Photo by www.tropicalfavourites.com

Indo-West Pacific

Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008

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Nembrotha aurea
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Nembrotha chamberlaini Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Nembrotha chamberlaini
[Chamberlain's Nembrotha]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Nembrotha cristata Bergh, 1877

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Nembrotha cristata
[Crested nembrotha]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Nembrotha guttata
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Nembrotha kubaryana Bergh, 1877

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Nembrotha kubaryana
[Dusky nembrotha]

Photo by Bailly, Nicolas

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905

Photo by Photo by Bailly, Nicolas
 
Nembrotha lineolata
[Lined nembrotha]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Nembrotha livingstonei Allan, 1933

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Nembrotha livingstonei
[Livingstone's Nembrotha]

Photo by Harasti, David

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Nembrotha megalocera
[Great nembrotha]
No picture found
 
Nembrotha milleri
[Miller's Nembrotha]
No picture found
 
Nembrotha mullineri
[]
No picture found
 
Nembrotha nigerrima
[Variable neon slug]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Nembrotha purpureolineolata O'Donoghue, 1924

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Nembrotha purpureolineolata
[Purple lined nembrotha]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Nembrotha rutilans (Pruvot-Fol, 1931)

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Nembrotha rutilans
[Red-gilled nembrotha]

Photo by www.tropicalfavourites.com

Western Central Pacific

Nembrotha yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992

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Nembrotha yonowae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm TL
 
Palio dubia
[Dubious dorid]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Palio dubius
[]
No picture found
 
Palio nothus
[]
No picture found
 
Palio pallida
[]
No picture found
 
Palio zosterae
[Eelgrass polycera]
No picture found
 
Plocamopherus ceylonicus
[Ceylon plocamopherus]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Plocamopherus imperialis Angas, 1864

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Plocamopherus imperialis
[Imperial plocamopherus]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Plocamopherus lucayensis
[]
No picture found
 
Plocamopherus maculapodium
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Plocamopherus maculatus
[]
No picture found
 
Plocamopherus ocellatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Plocamopherus pilatectus
[]

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Indo-West Pacific and the

Plocamopherus tilesii Bergh, 1877

Photo by Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Plocamopherus tilesii
[Tile's sea slug]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Polycera alabe
[Ink-stain dorid]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm TL
 
Polycera atra
[Orange-spike polycera]
No picture found
 
Polycera aurantiomarginata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Polycera aurisula
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Eastern Atlantic and Indo
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Polycera capensis
[Crowned nudibranch]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Polycera chilluna
[Harlequin]
No picture found
 
Polycera elegans
[]
No picture found
 
Polycera faeroensis
[]
No picture found
 
Polycera fujitai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm TL
 
Polycera gnupa
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Polycera hedgpethi Marcus, 1964

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Polycera hedgpethi
[Hedgpeth's dorid]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Polycera herthae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Polycera hummi
[]
No picture found
 
Polycera janjukia
[Janjuki polycera]
No picture found
 
Polycera kernowensis
[]
No picture found
 
Polycera maculata
[]
No picture found
 
Polycera marplatensis
[]
No picture found
 
Polycera melanosticta
[Black-speckled polycera]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Polycera odhneri
[]
No picture found
 
Polycera parvula
[Small polycera]
No picture found
 
Polycera priva
[White-bordered sea slug]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic, Western

Polycera quadrilineata Müller, 1776

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Polycera quadrilineata
[Fourline nudibranch]
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Max. Length 1 cm TL
 
Polycera risbeci
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Polycera rycia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Polycera tricolor
[Three-color polycera]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Polycerella emertoni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm TL
 
Polycerella glandulosa
[Gland dorid]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Roboastra arika
[Waterlilly roboastra]
No picture found
 
Roboastra europea
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Roboastra gracilis
[Slender roboastra]
No picture found
 
Roboastra luteolineata
[Bordered roboastra]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Roboastra luteolineolata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm DL
 
Roboastra ricei
[Banana polycera]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Roboastra tigris
[Tiger dorid]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm TL
 
Tambja affinis
[Related tambja]
No picture found
 
Tambja capensis
[]

Photo by Rodrigues, Nuno Vasco

Mediterranean Sea.

Tambja ceutae Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1988

Photo by Photo by Rodrigues, Nuno Vasco
 
Tambja ceutae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm TL
 
Tambja divae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Tambja eliora
[Blue-striped sea slug]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Tambja fusca
[Slimy slug]

Photo by www.tropicalfavourites.com

Western Central Pacific

Tambja gabrielae Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005

Photo by Photo by www.tropicalfavourites.com
 
Tambja gabrielae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Tambja gratiosa
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Tambja kushimotoensis Baba, 1987

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Tambja kushimotoensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Tambja limaciformis
[Eliot's tambja]
No picture found
 
Tambja marbellensis
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific. East Afric
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877)

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Tambja morosa
[Gloomy nudibranch]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Tambja mullineri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Tambja olivaria
[Olive tambja]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm DL
 
Tambja stegosauriformis
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Tambja verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905)

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Tambja verconis
[Verco's nudibranch]
No picture found
 
Thecacera darwini
[Dalmatian sea slug]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
Thecacera pacifica (Bergh, 1883)

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Thecacera pacifica
[Pacific thecacera]

Photo by Harasti, David

Circumglobal and the Medi
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815)

Photo by Photo by Harasti, David
 
Thecacera pennigera
[Rudman's thecacera]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 1 cm TL
Thecacera picta Baba, 1972

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Thecacera picta
[Painted thecacera]
No picture found
 
Triopha aurantica
[]
No picture found
 
Triopha carpenteri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm TL
 
Triopha catalinae
[Sea-clown triopha]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Triopha maculata
[Maculated triopha]
No picture found
 
Triopha occidentalis
[Grand triopha]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Colga pacifica Indo-West Pacific and Wes 6 TL 1894
Colga ramosa Western Atlantic 1.9 DL 1881
Colga villosa Northwest Atlantic. 1907
Crimora coneja Rabbit doris Eastern Pacific. 2.3 TL 1961
Crimora multidigitalis Indo-West Pacific 1957
Crimora papillata Northeast Atlantic and th 1862
Galacera marplatensis Western Atlantic. 3.3 DL 1928
Greilada elegans Northeast Atlantic
Heteroplocamus pacificus Southwest Pacific 1884
Holoplocamus papposus Small knobbed sea slug Southeast Pacific and Sou 2.5 DL 1926
Kalinga ornata Indo-Pacific 1864
Kaloplocamus acutus Acute kaloplocamus Indo-Pacific 1949
Kaloplocamus croceus Western Pacific and the M 1836
Kaloplocamus gulo Western Atlantic. 1.1 DL 1979
Kaloplocamus ramosus Indo-Pacific, Eastern Atl 1835
Kankelibranchus incognitus Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 2005
Limacia clavigera Orange clubbed sea slug Northeast Atlantic, the M 1776
Limacia cockerelli Cockerell's dorid Eastern Pacific. Tropica 2.6 TL 1905
Limacia inesae Eastern Pacific. Tropica 2021
Limacia janssi Janss' dorid Eastern Pacific. 0.8 TL 1974
Limacia jellyi Southeast Atlantic 2021
Limacia langavi Western Indian Ocean. 2021
Limacia miali Western Indian Ocean 2021
Martadoris oliva Western Atlantic. 2 DL 1977
Nembrotha amitina Western Central Pacific 1905
Nembrotha aurea Indo-West Pacific 2008
Nembrotha chamberlaini Chamberlain's Nembrotha Western Pacific 7 TL 1997
Nembrotha cristata Crested nembrotha Indo-West Pacific. 12 TL 1877
Nembrotha guttata Indo-West Pacific 3.5 TL 1993
Nembrotha kubaryana Dusky nembrotha Indo-West Pacific 6 TL 1877
Nembrotha lineolata Lined nembrotha Indo-West Pacific. 4.5 TL 1905
Nembrotha livingstonei Livingstone's Nembrotha Indo-West Pacific. 4 TL 1933
Nembrotha megalocera Great nembrotha Western Indian Ocean 7.5 TL 1990
Nembrotha milleri Miller's Nembrotha Western Central Pacific 1997
Nembrotha mullineri Western Central Pacific 1997
Nembrotha nigerrima Variable neon slug Western Pacific 1877
Nembrotha purpureolineolata Purple lined nembrotha Indo-Pacific 6 TL 1924
Nembrotha rutilans Red-gilled nembrotha Indo-West Pacific 5 TL 1931
Nembrotha yonowae Western Central Pacific 1992
Palio dubia Dubious dorid Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific 1.2 TL 1829
Palio dubius Atlantic Ocean. 1 DL 1829
Palio nothus Atlantic Ocean, Northeast 1838
Palio pallida Eastern Pacific. 1880
Palio zosterae Eelgrass polycera Eastern Pacific. 1924
Plocamopherus ceylonicus Ceylon plocamopherus Indo-Pacific 1858
Plocamopherus imperialis Imperial plocamopherus Indo-West Pacific 10 TL 1864
Plocamopherus lucayensis Western Atlantic. 4 DL 1988
Plocamopherus maculapodium Western Central Pacific 2006
Plocamopherus maculatus Indo-Pacific 4 TL 1860
Plocamopherus ocellatus Western Indian Ocean and 1831
Plocamopherus pilatectus Western Atlantic. 2.8 DL 1988
Plocamopherus tilesii Tile's sea slug Indo-West Pacific and the 1877
Polycera alabe Ink-stain dorid Eastern Central Pacific. 3 TL 1964
Polycera atra Orange-spike polycera Eastern Pacific. 2.2 TL 1905
Polycera aurantiomarginata Mediterranean Sea. 1984
Polycera aurisula Western Atlantic 1 DL 1957
Polycera capensis Crowned nudibranch Eastern Atlantic and Indo 7 TL 1824
Polycera chilluna Harlequin Western Atlantic 2.5 DL 1961
Polycera elegans Mediterranean Sea. 1894
Polycera faeroensis Northeast Atlantic and th 1929
Polycera fujitai Western Pacific 1937
Polycera gnupa Eastern Pacific. 1.4 TL 1967
Polycera hedgpethi Hedgpeth's dorid Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 4 TL 1964
Polycera herthae Western Central Atlantic. 0.3 TL 1963
Polycera hummi Western Atlantic 2 DL 1952
Polycera janjukia Janjuki polycera Indo-West Pacific 1962
Polycera kernowensis Indo-West Pacific 2021
Polycera maculata Mediterranean Sea. 1951
Polycera marplatensis Southeast Pacific and Sou 1928
Polycera melanosticta Black-speckled polycera Indo-West Pacific 1996
Polycera odhneri Western Atlantic. 2.5 DL 1955
Polycera parvula Small polycera Indo-West Pacific 1958
Polycera priva White-bordered sea slug Southeast Pacific 1959
Polycera quadrilineata Fourline nudibranch Eastern Atlantic, Western 1776
Polycera risbeci Indo-West Pacific. 1 TL 1941
Polycera rycia Western Atlantic 0.9 DL 1970
Polycera tricolor Three-color polycera Eastern Pacific. 2 TL 1971
Polycerella emertoni Atlantic Ocean and the Me 0.6 DL 1881
Polycerella glandulosa Gland dorid Eastern Pacific. 2.8 TL 1988
Roboastra arika Waterlilly roboastra Indo-West Pacific. 4 TL 1967
Roboastra europea Mediterranean Sea. 1985
Roboastra gracilis Slender roboastra Indo-Pacific. 3 TL 1877
Roboastra luteolineata Bordered roboastra Western Central Pacific 1936
Roboastra luteolineolata Indo-Pacific 3 TL 1936
Roboastra ricei Banana polycera Western Atlantic. 5.1 DL 2008
Roboastra tigris Tiger dorid Eastern Central Pacific 30 TL 1978
Tambja affinis Related tambja Indo-West Pacific 7 TL 1904
Tambja capensis Southeast Atlantic and We 1907
Tambja ceutae Mediterranean Sea. 1988
Tambja divae Southwest Atlantic 1.2 TL 1958
Tambja eliora Blue-striped sea slug Eastern Pacific. 8 TL 1967
Tambja fusca Slimy slug Eastern Central Pacific 5 TL 1978
Tambja gabrielae Western Central Pacific 2005
Tambja gratiosa Western Atlantic. 2.2 DL 1890
Tambja kushimotoensis Indo-West Pacific 5 TL 1987
Tambja limaciformis Eliot's tambja Indian Ocean 1.5 TL 1908
Tambja marbellensis Mediterranean Sea. 1998
Tambja morosa Gloomy nudibranch Indo-Pacific. East Afric 7 TL 1877
Tambja mullineri Southeast Pacific 4 TL 1978
Tambja olivaria Olive tambja Western Indian Ocean 6 TL 1994
Tambja stegosauriformis Western Atlantic. 5 DL 2005
Tambja verconis Verco's nudibranch Indo-West Pacific 13 TL 1905
Thecacera darwini Dalmatian sea slug Southeast Pacific 1950
Thecacera pacifica Pacific thecacera Indo-Pacific. 3.5 DL 1883
Thecacera pennigera Rudman's thecacera Circumglobal and the Medi 2 TL 1815
Thecacera picta Painted thecacera Indo-West Pacific 1 TL 1972
Triopha aurantica Indo-West Pacific 1908
Triopha carpenteri Eastern Central Pacific 1873
Triopha catalinae Sea-clown triopha Pacific Ocean. Tropical 7 TL 1863
Triopha maculata Maculated triopha Eastern Pacific. Tropica 18 TL 1905
Triopha occidentalis Grand triopha Eastern Pacific. 1889



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