Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Euctenidiacea > Infraorder Doridacea > Superfamily Polyceroidea > Family Polyceridae > Subfamily Polycerinae > Genus Polycera

Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polycera*	Cuvier, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Doris cornuta*	Rathke, 1806	synonym
*Doris flava*	Montagu, 1804	synonym
*Doris ornata*	(d'Orbigny, 1837)	synonym
*Doris ornata var. marplatensis*	Franceschi, 1928	synonym
*Doris quadrilineata*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Polycera lineatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Polycera ornata*	d'Orbigny, 1837	synonym
*Polycera quadrilineata mediterranea*	Bergh, 1879	synonym
*Polycera quadrilineata nigrolineata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913	synonym
*Polycera quadrilineata nigropicta*	Ihering, 1886	synonym
*Polycera salamandra*	Labbé, 1931	synonym
*Polycera typica*	W. Thompson, 1840	synonym
*Polycera varians*	M. Sars, 1840	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: stribet nøgensnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: harlekijnslak sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: fourline nudibranch

French: limace à quatre lignes sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l’Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.

German: gestreifte Hörnchenschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (135 publications)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140838