The family Polyceridae
includes both nocturnal and diurnal species that often have elaborate
tubercles or dorsal processes. They are specialized predators that eat
bryozoans, tunicates or other nudibranchs. Some species in the genus Plocamopherus can swim by flexing
their bodies latterly and are bioluminescent. There are at least 15
species known from Hawaii in eight genera (Crimora, Kalinga, Kaloplocamus, Plocamopherus, Polycera, Roboastra, Tambja and Thecacera).
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