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 quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)

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

Species group names

*Doris cornuta*	Rathke, 1806	synonym
*Doris flava*	Montagu, 1804	synonym
*Doris quadrilineata*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Polycera lineatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Polycera ornata*	A. 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: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: fourline nudibranch; four-striped polycera sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

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. (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	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
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).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776). 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:140838