Polyceridae

Polyceridae
Triopha modesta in situ, head at lower left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Alder & Hancock, 1845
Genera

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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 consists of these subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the Polyceridae include:

Genera brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 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.