Polyceridae Explained

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:

• Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
• Kankelibranchinae Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
• Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
• Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845 - synonyms: Triopinae Gray, 1847, Euphuridae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923, Gymnodorididae Odhner, 1941
• 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:

• Subfamily Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
  • Genus Kalinga Alder & Hancock, 1864 - type genus in the subfamily Kalinginae
• Subfamily Kankelibranchinae Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
  • Genus Kankelibranchus Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
• Subfamily Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
  • Genus Martadoris Willan & Chang, 2017
  • Genus Nembrotha Bergh, 1877 - type genus in the subfamily Nembrothinae
  • Genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877
  • Genus Tambja Burn, 1962
  • Genus Tyrannodoris Willan & Chang, 2017
• Subfamily Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Genus Greilada Bergh, 1894
  • Genus Gymnodoris Stimpson, 1855
  • Genus Lamellana Lin, 1992
  • Genus Lecithophorus Macnae, 1958
  • Genus Palio Gray, 1857
  • Genus Paliolla Burn, 1958
  • Genus Polycera Cuvier, 1817 - type genus in the family Polyceridae
  • Genus Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1881
  • Genus Thecacera Fleming, 1828
• 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 ^[1]
• 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
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.

Notes and References

1. 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.