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 elegans (Bergh, 1894)

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

*Greilada elegans*	Bergh, 1894	synonym
*Palio espagnoli*	Tejedo, 1994	synonym
*Polycera (Greilada) messinensis*	Odhner, 1941	synonym
*Polycera messinensis*	Odhner, 1941	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: spotted satsuma slug 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.

German: Blaugetupfte 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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894). 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:140833