| Polycera | |
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| The nudibranch Polycera quadrilineata, in situ, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Polycerinae |
| Genus: | Polycera Cuvier, 1817[1] |
| Type species | |
| Polycera quadrilineata Muller, 1776
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| Synonyms | |
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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.
- ^ Cuvier G. (1817) Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, 1976, Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 8(1): 31].