{"id":37639,"date":"2023-02-09T01:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T00:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/?page_id=37639"},"modified":"2023-02-09T01:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T00:03:52","slug":"polycera-norvegica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/doridida\/doridoidei\/polyceroidea\/polycera-norvegica\/","title":{"rendered":"Polycera norvegica"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Polycera norvegica<\/em> S\u00f8rensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020<\/h3>\n

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Polycera norvegica @ Ouessant, France (CC BY) iNaturalist<\/em> by Fran\u00e7ois Roche<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Polycera norvegica<\/em> S\u00f8rensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020<\/strong><\/div>

Current classification<\/h4>
Superdomain<\/th>Biota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kingdom<\/th>Animalia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/th>Mollusca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/th>Gastropoda<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subclass<\/th>Heterobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraclass<\/th>Euthyneura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subterclass<\/th>Ringipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superorder<\/th>Nudipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Order<\/th>Doridida<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraorder<\/th>Doridoidei<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Polyceroidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Polyceridae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subfamily<\/th>Polycerinae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Polycera<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Polycera norvegica<\/em> S\u00f8rensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [1451585<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomical note: <\/strong>Until 2020, morphotype of\u00a0Polycera norvegica<\/em>\u00a0S\u00f8rensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020 was included within most published descriptions of\u00a0P. quadrilineata<\/em>. Korshunova et al (2021) published their work on\u00a0Polycera quadrilineata<\/em>\u00a0complex, where four species from the European Atlantic shores were recognized, including a new species for science,\u00a0Polycera kernowensis<\/em>, based on a multidisciplinary (molecular, morphological, phylogenetic, phylogeographical and ecological) approach to species determination. In this work, the authors have treated the nudibranch species\u00a0Polycera norvegica\u00a0<\/em>as a junior synonym of\u00a0Polycera capitata<\/em>\u00a0(original designation:\u00a0Thecacera capitata<\/em>), but Malaquias et al. (2022) show that, in accordance with the ICZN, Thecacera capitata<\/em>\u00a0(and in consequence also\u00a0Polycera capitata<\/em>) should be considered a\u00a0nomen dubium<\/em>, so they reinstate\u00a0Polycera norvegica<\/em> as the valid name for that species, as per S\u00f8rensen et al. (2020).<\/p>\n

Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n