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Polycera  Cuvier, 1817
Taxonomic Serial No.: 78312

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassHeterobranchia   
                         SuperorderNudipleura   
                            OrderNudibranchia Cuvier in Blainville, 1814 – nudibranchs, nudibranches  
                               SuborderDoridina   
                                  InfraorderDoridoidei   
                                     SuperfamilyPolyceroidea Alder and Hancock, 1845  
                                        FamilyPolyceridae Alder and Hancock, 1845  
                                           GenusPolycera Cuvier, 1817  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesPolycera atra MacFarland, 1905 – orange-spike polycera 
                                              SpeciesPolycera aurisula Er. Marcus, 1957  
                                              SpeciesPolycera chilluna Er. Marcus, 1961 – harlequin 
                                              SpeciesPolycera dubia (M. Sars, 1829)  
                                              SpeciesPolycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929  
                                              SpeciesPolycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964  
                                              SpeciesPolycera hummi Abbott, 1952  
                                              SpeciesPolycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955  
                                              SpeciesPolycera quadrilineata Muller, 1776  
                                              SpeciesPolycera rycia Er. Marcus and Ev. Marcus, 1970  
                                              SpeciesPolycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971 – three-color polycera 
                                              SpeciesPolycera zosterae O'Donoghue, 1924 – eelgrass polycera 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Polycera   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Polycera   
       

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