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    Species Accepted

    Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964

    Dark Crowned Dorid

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      New ZealandNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Dark Crowned Dorid English
      Hedgpeth's Dorid English
      Polycère de Hedgpeth French
      dark crowned nudibranch English
      dórido de Hedgpeth Spanish
      クロコソデウミウシ Japanese

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      Spencer, H. G., Marshall, B. A., & Willan, R. C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia, Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=132606
      Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=485672
      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. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1364
      Keppel, E., Sigovini, M., & Tagliapietra, D. (2012). A new geographical record of Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) and evidence of its established presence in the Mediterranean Sea, with a review of its geographical distribution. Marine Biology Research, 8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.706306 10.1080/17451000.2012.706306
      Marcus, Ev.; Marcus, Er. (1967). American Opisthobranch Mollusks Part I, Tropical American opisthobranchs; Part II, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 6: 1–256, pl. 1. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=167117
      Toms, J. A., Pola, M., Von der Heyden, S., & Gosliner, T. M. (2026). An African Royal Flush: five crowned nudibranch species (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) recovered from temperate southern Africa using integrative taxonomy. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-025-00694-x 10.1007/s13127-025-00694-x
      Marcus, Er. (1964). A new species of Polycera (Nudibranchia) from California. The Nautilus, 77. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.8791 10.5962/bhl.part.8791

      Citation

      Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964 in undefined