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polycerids

12 Mariana Islands species out of 15 reported | 41 Indo-Pacific species

Mariana Islands species are displayed by default. Click on the tags below to view additional species.


*Kaloplocamus cf. dotke, Nembrotha cf. livingstonei, Plocamopherus maculapodium, Polycera abei, Polycera sp. A, and polycerid sp. A appear to be new records for the Mariana Islands, but one or more of these species may have been reported as unidentified polycerid species in Carlson and Hoff (2003)

Note: While Nembrotha milleri and Tambja morosa have been reported from the Mariana Islands, the individuals above were photographed in the Philippines (adult N. milleri, T. morosa) and Indonesia (juvenile N. milleri).

Additional Polyceridae species reported from the Mariana Islands by Carlson and Hoff (2003):

  • Nembrotha sp. 1, orange at 30m
  • Nembrotha sp. 2, red spots w/ grey
  • Nembrotha sp. 3, dark grey, red spots
  • Nembrotha sp. 5, black, red spots
  • Plocamophorus sp. 1, orange w/ brown
  • Polycera sp. 1, white and brown
  • Polycera sp. 2, olive-green with white
  • Polycera sp. 3, white fleck
  • Tambja kava (as Tambja amakusana)
  • Tambja limaciformis