Polyceroidea
| Polyceroidea | |
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| A live individual of Triopha catalinae in situ, head end towards the lower left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea Alder & Hancock, 1845[1] |
| Families | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phanerobranchiata Non Suctoria | |
Polyceroidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Doridacea.[2]
Families
Families within the superfamily Polyceroidea include:
- Family Polyceridae
- Family Aegiridae - In Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) this taxon is incorrectly spelled Aegiretidae.
- Family Gymnodorididae
- Family Hexabranchidae
- Family Okadaiidae
References
- ↑ Alder J. & Hancock A. 1845. A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. (Published in parts). Part 1. Polycerinae is on page 2.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2).