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Polycerella emertoni

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

Polycerella emertoni is a species in the family Polyceridae, order Nudibranchia.

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Quick facts about Polycerella emertoni

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Polycerella emertoni live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Polycerella emertoni as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Greece
  2. Italy
  3. Malta
  4. Morocco
  5. Tunisia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Polycerella emertoni endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Polycerella emertoni classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNudibranchia
  5. familyPolyceridae
  6. genusPolycerella
  7. SpeciesPolycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880

Synonyms Polycera davenportii, Polycera emertoni, Polycerella comyna, Polycerella conyna, Polycerella davenportii

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Polycère d'EmertonFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Polycerella emertoni

Other species in the same genus Polycerella.

Gland dorid

Polycerella glandulosa

PolyceridaeNo free photo yet

ComparePolycerella emertoni vs Gland doridPolycerella emertoni vs Polycerella recondita

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Polycerella emertoni an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Polycerella emertoni as introduced in 5 countries: Greece, Italy, Malta, Morocco and Tunisia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Polycerella emertoni?

Polycerella emertoni (Polycerella emertoni) belongs to the family Polyceridae in the order Nudibranchia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Polycerella emertoni (Polycerella emertoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/polycerella-emertoni

MLA

“Polycerella emertoni (Polycerella emertoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/polycerella-emertoni.

BibTeX
@misc{polycerella_emertoni_2026,
  title = {Polycerella emertoni (Polycerella emertoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/polycerella-emertoni},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}