Yellow edged polycera

Polycera faeroensis

  • Where it lives:

  • Non native species

About

The yellow edged polycera has a translucent body with dashes of bright yellow. It appears as if it was created by a talented artist!

How to identify

Translucent white body with bright yellow tips to various projections, including head tentacles, gills, and tail. Very similar species is Polycera quadrilineata.

If you are recording your sightings as part of a recording scheme, make sure to include clear photographs to help verifiers confirm your sighting.

Did you know?

Most nudibranchs are carnivorous, often feeding on bryozoans, sponges, and anemones!

How people can help

Always follow the Seashore Code when rockpooling, be careful to leave everything as you found it - replace any rocks you turn over, put back any crabs or fish and ensure not to scrape anything off its rocky home. If you want to learn more about our rockpool life, Wildlife Trusts around the UK run rockpool safaris and offer Shoresearch training - teaching you to survey your local rocky shore. The data collected is then used to protect our coasts and seas through better management or through the designation of Marine Protected Areas.