title: Polycera alabe
text: # Polycera alabe
  
  Polycera alabe is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species of polycerid nudibranch was described from the southeast side of Isla de Cedros, Baja California, Mexico. The species appears to be confined to Mexico and southern California, being replaced by a similar species, Polycera anae further south in Costa Rica and Panama.
  
  ## Description
  
  The body of Polycera alabe is black with raised orange spots covering the back and sides. The oral veil has 4 tapering papillae which are either dark grey or white and the gills and rhinophores are black with a few orange spots.
  
  