The Polyceridae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Polyceroidea.[1]

Polyceridae
Triopha catalinae in situ, head at lower left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Alder & Hancock, 1845
Genera

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Taxonomy

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The family Polyceridae is classified within the clade Doridacea, itself belonging to the clade Euctenidiacea within the clade Nudipleura (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

The Polyceridae consists of these subfamilies:

  • Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
  • Kankelibranchinae Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
  • Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
  • Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845 - synonyms: Triopinae Gray, 1847, Euphuridae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923, Gymnodorididae Odhner, 1941
  • Triophinae Odhner, 1941
    • tribe Triophini Odhner, 1941 - synonym: Kaloplocaminae Pruvot-Fol, 1954
    • tribe Limaciini Winckworth, 1951 - synonym: Lailinae Burn, 1967

Genera

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Genera in the Polyceridae include:[1]

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Genus Cabrilla Fewkes, 1889: synonym of Triopha Bergh, 1880
  • Genus Euplocamus Philippi, 1836: synonym of Kaloplocamus Bergh, 1892
  • Genus Histiophorus Pease, 1860: synonym of Plocamopherus Rüppell in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
  • Genus Issa Bergh, 1881: synonym of Colga Bergh, 1880
  • Genus Issena Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923: synonym of Colga Bergh, 1880:
  • Genus Laila MacFarland 1905: synonym of Limacia Muller, 1781 [2]
  • Genus Peplidia Lowe, 1842: synonym of Plocamopherus Rüppell in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

References

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  1. ^ a b Polyceridae Alder & Hancock, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
  2. ^ Vallès, Y.; Valdés, A.; Ortea, J. 2000. On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): A crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema, 22(1): 15-31.
  • http://www.seaslugforum.net accessed 16 September 2009
  • Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.