Polyceridae

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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Alder & Hancock, 1845
Genera

See text.

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]

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
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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.
  • 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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