Polyceridae

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Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Polyceridae
Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877)

Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877)

Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877)

Tambja morosa is a large Indo-Pacific sea slug species with characteristic blue markings on mostly black bodies.

Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978

Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978

Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978

Tambja mullineri is a blue striped nudibrinch endemic to the Galapagos Islands, growing up to 20 mm long.

Tambja gabrielae Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005

Tambja gabrielae Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005

Tambja gabrielae Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005

Tambja gabrielae is a brightly spotted nudibranch found in three locations across Southeast Asia and Melanesia.

Tambja verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905)

Tambja verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905)

Tambja verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905)

Verco's nudibranch, Tambja verconis, is a brightly coloured marine nudibranch in Polyceridae, and the type species of its genus Tambja.

Tambja tenuilineata M.C.Miller & Haagh, 2005

Tambja tenuilineata M.C.Miller & Haagh, 2005

Tambja tenuilineata M.C.Miller & Haagh, 2005

Tambja tenuilineata is a species of colourful dorid nudibranch sea slug in the gastropod family Polyceridae.

Tambja capensis (Bergh, 1907)

Tambja capensis (Bergh, 1907)

Tambja capensis (Bergh, 1907)

Tambja capensis, the black nudibranch, is a distinctive South African endemic nudibranch that feeds on tree-like bryozoans.

Tambja dracomus Willan & Y.-W.Chang, 2017

Tambja dracomus Willan & Y.-W.Chang, 2017

Tambja dracomus Willan & Y.-W.Chang, 2017

Tambja dracomus is a dorid nudibranch sea slug from Victoria, Australia, in the Polyceridae family.

Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)

Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)

Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)

Roboastra gracilis is a small nudibranch sea slug found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean.

Nembrotha cristata Bergh, 1877

Nembrotha cristata Bergh, 1877

Nembrotha cristata Bergh, 1877

Nembrotha cristata is a large black-green Indo-West Pacific nudibranch sea slug that grows up to at least 50 mm long.

Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905

Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905

Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905

Nembrotha lineolata is a variable-coloured Indo-Pacific nudibranch that grows up to around 70mm long with distinct patterned markings.

Nembrotha chamberlaini Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Nembrotha chamberlaini Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Nembrotha chamberlaini Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Nembrotha chamberlaini is a distinctively colored nudibranch found in the Philippines and Indonesia that feeds on ascidians.

Nembrotha kubaryana Bergh, 1877

Nembrotha kubaryana Bergh, 1877

Nembrotha kubaryana Bergh, 1877

Nembrotha kubaryana is a large dark-bodied nudibranch found in the tropical Western Indo-Pacific that feeds on ascidians.

Nembrotha milleri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Nembrotha milleri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Nembrotha milleri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Nembrotha milleri is a green nudibranch found in the tropical Indo-Pacific that feeds on ascidian tunicates.

Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924

Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924

Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924

Nembrotha purpureolineata is a large pale-bodied dorid nudibranch found in the western tropical Indo-West Pacific that feeds on ascidians.

Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008

Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008

Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008

Nembrotha aurea is a large creamy-yellow nembrothid nudibranch found in the western Indo-Pacific that feeds on colonial ascidians.

Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba, 1936)

Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba, 1936)

Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba, 1936)

Tyrannodoris luteolineata is a large, predatory Indo-Pacific nudibranch sea slug that feeds on other nudibranchs.

Triopha maculata MacFarland, 1905

Triopha maculata MacFarland, 1905

Triopha maculata MacFarland, 1905

Triopha maculata is a variably colored spotted nudibranch found in the eastern Pacific and Japan.

Triopha catalinae (J.G.Cooper, 1863)

Triopha catalinae (J.G.Cooper, 1863)

Triopha catalinae (J.G.Cooper, 1863)

Triopha catalinae, the sea clown, is a colorful shell-less nudibranch sea slug found across Western Pacific waters.

Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880

Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880

Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880

Triopha modesta, the modest clown dorid, is a colorful shell-less nudibranch sea slug ranging from the Sea of Japan to southern California.

Limacia clavigera (O.F.Müller, 1776)

Limacia clavigera (O.F.Müller, 1776)

Limacia clavigera (O.F.Müller, 1776)

Limacia clavigera is a small white-bodied dorid nudibranch that feeds on encrusting bryozoans, with a primarily European Atlantic distribution.

Limacia lucida (W.Stimpson, 1855)

Limacia lucida (W.Stimpson, 1855)

Limacia lucida (W.Stimpson, 1855)

Limacia lucida is a species of marine dorid nudibranch sea slug in the family Polyceridae, described from South Africa.

Limacia cockerelli (MacFarland, 1905)

Limacia cockerelli (MacFarland, 1905)

Limacia cockerelli (MacFarland, 1905)

Limacia cockerelli is a North American West Coast nudibranch species with confirmed southern sibling species Limacia mcdonaldi.

Limacia mcdonaldi Uribe, Sepúlveda, Goddard & Á.Valdés, 2017

Limacia mcdonaldi Uribe, Sepúlveda, Goddard & Á.Valdés, 2017

Limacia mcdonaldi Uribe, Sepúlveda, Goddard & Á.Valdés, 2017

Limacia mcdonaldi is a nudibranch species described in 2017, found along the Pacific coast of North America from California to Baja California.

Limacia jellyi Toms, Pola, Von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2021

Limacia jellyi Toms, Pola, Von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2021

Limacia jellyi Toms, Pola, Von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2021

Limacia is a genus of dorid nudibranch sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.

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