Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Polyceroidea > Family Polyceridae > Subfamily Polycerinae > Genus Polycera

Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polycera*	Cuvier, 1816	accepted genus name
*Greilada*	Bergh, 1894	synonym
*Polycera (Greilada)*	Bergh, 1894	synonym

Literature

original description	Lemche H. (1929). Gastropoda Opisthobranchiata. Zoology of Faroes 53: 1-35
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
redescription	Korshunova, T. A.; Driessen, F. M. F.; Picton, B. E.; Martynov, A. V. (2021). The multilevel organismal diversity approach deciphers difficult to distinguish nudibranch species complex. Scientific Reports. 11(1).
redescription	Lemche, H.; Thompson, T. E. (1974). Three Opisthobranch Gastropods new to the British fauna. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 41: 185-193.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140834