Polyceridae

Polyceridae
Triopha catalinae in situ, head at lower left
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
Alder & Hancock, 1845
Genera and species

See text.

Polyceridae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Polyceroidea.

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 family Polyceridae consists of the following subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the family Polyceridae include:[1]

Genera brought into synonymy

References

  1. Polyceridae http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=78308 accessed 28 February 2009
  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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