Polyceridae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
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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:
- Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845 - synonyms: Triopinae Gray, 1847, Euphuridae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
- Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
- Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
- 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 Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845
- Genus Greilada Bergh, 1894
- Genus Palio Gray, 1857
- Genus Polycera Cuvier, 1817 - type genus in the family Polyceridae
- Genus Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1881
- Genus Thecacera Fleming, 1828
- Subfamily Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
- Genus Kalinga Alder & Hancock, 1864 - type genus in the subfamily Kalinginae
- 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 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
- http://www.seaslugforum.net accessed 16 September 2009
- GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Polyceridae Alder & Hancock, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
- ↑ 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.
- 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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