Species under Polycera
n= 24
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Polycera alabe
Collier & Farmer, 1964
Ink-stain dorid Eastern Central Pacific 3
Polycera atra
MacFarland, 1905
Orange-spike polycera Eastern Pacific 2.2
Polycera aurantiomarginata
García-Gómez & Bobo, 1984
Mediterranean Sea
Polycera aurisula
Marcus, 1957
Western Atlantic 1
Polycera capensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Crowned nudibranch Eastern Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific 7
Polycera chilluna
Marcus, 1961
Harlequin Western Atlantic 2.5
Polycera elegans
(Bergh, 1894)
Mediterranean Sea
Polycera faeroensis
Lemche, 1929
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycera fujitai
Baba, 1937
Western Pacific
Polycera gnupa
(Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
Eastern Pacific 1.4
Polycera hedgpethi
Marcus, 1964
Hedgpeth's dorid Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea 4
Polycera herthae
Marcus & Marcus, 1963
Western Central Atlantic 0.3
Polycera hummi
Abbott, 1952
Western Atlantic 2
Polycera janjukia
Burn, 1962
Janjuki polycera Indo-West Pacific
Polycera maculata
Pruvot-Fol, 1951
Mediterranean Sea
Polycera marplatensis
Franceschi, 1928
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic
Polycera melanosticta
Miller, 1996
Black-speckled polycera Indo-West Pacific
Polycera odhneri
Marcus, 1955
Western Atlantic 2.5
Polycera parvula
(Burn, 1958)
Small polycera Indo-West Pacific
Polycera priva
Marcus, 1959
White-bordered sea slug Southeast Pacific
Polycera quadrilineata
Müller, 1776
Fourline nudibranch Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean
Polycera risbeci
Odhner, 1941
Indo-West Pacific 1
Polycera rycia
Marcus & Marcus, 1970
Western Atlantic 0.9
Polycera tricolor
Robilliard, 1971
Three-color polycera Eastern Pacific 2
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