Polyceridae
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae Alder & Hancock, 1845 |
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Polyceridae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Polyceroidea.
Taxonomy
The Polyceridae family 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 family Polyceridae consists of the following 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 family Polyceridae include:[1]
- Subfamily Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845
- Subfamily Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
- Genus Kalinga Alder & Hancock, 1864 - type genus in the subfamily Kalinginae
- Subfamily Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
- Subfamily Triophinae Odhner, 1941
- 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
- ↑ Polyceridae http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=78308 accessed 28 February 2009
- ↑ 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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