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.

The Polyceridae are 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 Polyceridae consist of these 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 Polyceridae include:^[1]

• Subfamily Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Genus Greilada
  • Genus Palio Gray, 1857
  • Genus Polycera Cuvier, 1817 - type genus in the family Polyceridae
  • Genus Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1881
  • Genus Thecacera Fleming, 1828
• Subfamily Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
  • Genus Kalinga Alder & Hancock, 1864 - type genus in the subfamily Kalinginae
• Subfamily Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
  • Genus Nembrotha (Bergh, 1877) - type genus in the subfamily Nembrothinae
  • Genus Roboastra (Bergh, 1877)
  • Genus Tambja Burn, 1962
• 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 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

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.

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.