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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Polyceridae

Genus: Polycera

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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
[]

Harasti, David

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

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
[]

Harasti, David

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

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]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic, Western

Polycera quadrilineataMüller, 1776

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Polycera quadrilineata
[Fourline nudibranch]
No picture found

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]


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