{"id":420,"date":"2012-05-15T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T19:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/polycera-quadrilineatapolycera-quadrilineatapolycera-quadrilineata"},"modified":"2023-02-05T09:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T08:56:14","slug":"polycera-quadrilineata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/doridida\/doridoidei\/polyceroidea\/polycera-quadrilineata\/","title":{"rendered":"Polycera quadrilineata"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Polycera quadrilineata <\/em>(O. F. M\u00fcller, 1776)<\/h3>\n

\"Polycera<\/div>
Polycera quadrilineata<\/em> by Enric Madrenas<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Polycera quadrilineata<\/em> (O. F. M\u00fcller, 1776)<\/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 quadrilineata<\/em> (O. F. M\u00fcller, 1776)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [140838<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomical note: <\/strong>Polycera quadrilineata<\/em> has recently revealed to be part a group of several cryptic species with similar morphologies. Until 2020, morphotype of Polycera norvegica<\/em> S\u00f8rensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020 was included within most published descriptions of P. quadrilineata<\/em>. Korshunova et al (2021) published their work on Polycera quadrilineata<\/em> complex, where four species from the European Atlantic shores were recognized, including a new species for science, Polycera 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 Polycera norvegica <\/em>as a junior synonym of Polycera capitata<\/em> (original designation: Thecacera capitata<\/em>), but Malaquias et al (2022) show that, in accordance with the ICZN, Thecacera capitata<\/em> (and in consequence also Polycera capitata<\/em>) should be considered a nomen dubium<\/em>, so they reinstate Polycera norvegica<\/em> as the valid name for that species.<\/p>\n

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