{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Triopha catalinae 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Triopha modesta'' in situ, head at lower left | taxon = Polyceridae | authority = Alder & Hancock, 1845 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = }}
The '''Polyceridae''' are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Polyceroidea.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|177|Polyceridae Alder & Hancock, 1845||10 January 2019}}</ref>
== 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:<ref name=WoRMS />
* Subfamily Kalinginae <small> Pruvot-Fol, 1956 </small> ** Genus ''Kalinga'' <small>Alder & Hancock, 1864 </small> - type genus in the subfamily Kalinginae * Subfamily Kankelibranchinae <small>Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005</small> ** Genus ''Kankelibranchus'' <small>Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005</small> * Subfamily Nembrothinae <small> Burn, 1967 </small> ** Genus ''Martadoris'' <small>Willan & Chang, 2017</small> ** Genus ''Nembrotha'' <small>Bergh, 1877</small> - type genus in the subfamily Nembrothinae ** Genus ''Roboastra'' <small>Bergh, 1877</small> ** Genus ''Tambja'' <small>Burn, 1962</small> ** Genus ''Tyrannodoris'' <small>Willan & Chang, 2017</small> * Subfamily Polycerinae <small>Alder & Hancock, 1845</small> ** Genus ''Greilada'' <small>Bergh, 1894</small> ** Genus ''Gymnodoris'' <small>Stimpson, 1855</small> ** Genus ''Lamellana'' Lin, 1992 ** Genus ''Lecithophorus'' <small>Macnae, 1958</small> ** Genus ''Palio'' <small>Gray, 1857</small> ** Genus ''Paliolla'' <small>Burn, 1958</small> ** Genus ''Polycera'' <small>Cuvier, 1817</small> - type genus in the family Polyceridae ** Genus ''Polycerella'' <small>A. E. Verrill, 1881</small> ** Genus ''Thecacera'' <small>Fleming, 1828</small> * Subfamily Triophinae <small> Odhner, 1941 </small> ** Genus ''Colga'' <small>Bergh, 1880</small> ** Genus ''Crimora '' <small>Alder and Hancock, 1855</small> ** Genus ''Heteroplocamus'' <small>Oliver, 1915</small> ** Genus ''Holoplocamus'' <small>Odhner, 1926</small> ** Genus ''Joubiniopsis'' <small>Risbec, 1928</small> ** Genus ''Kaloplocamus'' <small>Bergh, 1893</small> ** Genus ''Limacia'' <small>O.F. Müller, 1781</small> ** Genus ''Plocamopherus'' <small>(Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831)</small> ** Genus ''Triopha'' <small>Bergh, 1880</small> - 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'' <small>MacFarland 1905</small>: synonym of ''Limacia'' <small>Muller, 1781 </small><ref>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.</ref> * Genus ''Peplidia'' Lowe, 1842: synonym of ''Plocamopherus'' Rüppell in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
==References== {{Commons category|Polyceridae}} {{Wikispecies|Polyceridae}} {{Reflist}} * http://www.seaslugforum.net accessed 16 September 2009 * Gosliner, T.M. 1987. ''Nudibranchs of Southern Africa'' {{ISBN|0-930118-13-8}} * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca.'' American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
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