Polyceridae

Short description: Family of gastropods

Polyceridae

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

See text.

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

## Taxonomy

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

Genera in the Polyceridae include:[1]

* Subfamily Kalinginae  Pruvot-Fol, 1956
* Genus Kalinga Alder & Hancock, 1864  \- type genus in the subfamily Kalinginae
* Subfamily Kankelibranchinae Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
* Genus Kankelibranchus Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
* Subfamily Nembrothinae  Burn, 1967
* Genus Martadoris Willan & Chang, 2017
* Genus Nembrotha Bergh, 1877 \- type genus in the subfamily Nembrothinae
* Genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877
* Genus Tambja Burn, 1962
* Genus Tyrannodoris Willan & Chang, 2017
* Subfamily Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845
* Genus Greilada Bergh, 1894
* Genus Gymnodoris Stimpson, 1855
* Genus Lamellana Lin, 1992
* Genus Lecithophorus Macnae, 1958
* Genus Palio Gray, 1857
* Genus Paliolla Burn, 1958
* Genus Polycera Cuvier, 1817 \- type genus in the family Polyceridae
* Genus Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1881
* Genus Thecacera Fleming, 1828
* Subfamily Triophinae  Odhner, 1941
* Genus Colga Bergh, 1880
* Genus Crimora Alder and Hancock, 1855
* Genus Heteroplocamus Oliver, 1915
* Genus Holoplocamus Odhner, 1926
* Genus Joubiniopsis Risbec, 1928
* Genus Kaloplocamus Bergh, 1893
* Genus Limacia O.F. Müller, 1781
* Genus Plocamopherus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831)
* Genus Triopha Bergh, 1880 \- type genus in the subfamily Triophinae

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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.

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