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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   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOpisthobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 – opisthobranchs  
                      OrderNudibranchia Blainville, 1814 – nudibranchs, nudibranches  
                         FamilyPolyceridae Alder and Hancock, 1845  
                            GenusPolycera Cuvier, 1817  
    Direct Children:  
                               Species Polycera atra MacFarland, 1905 – orange-spike polycera 
                               Species Polycera aurisula Er. Marcus, 1957  
                               Species Polycera chilluna Er. Marcus, 1961 – harlequin 
                               Species Polycera dubia (M. Sars, 1829)  
                               Species Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929  
                               Species Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964  
                               Species Polycera hummi Abbott, 1952  
                               Species Polycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955  
                               Species Polycera quadrilineata Muller, 1776  
                               Species Polycera rycia Er. Marcus and Ev. Marcus, 1970  
                               Species Polycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971 – three-color polycera 
                               Species Polycera 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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