Polyceridae

Polyceridae
Triopha catalinae in situ, head at lower left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
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 LailaMacFarland 1905: synonym of LimaciaMuller, 1781 ^[2]
• Genus Peplidia Lowe, 1842: synonym of Plocamopherus Rüppell in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

References

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.

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