# Polyceridae

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{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Triopha catalinae 1.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Triopha modesta](/source/Triopha_modesta)'' [in situ](/source/in_situ), head at lower left
| taxon = Polyceridae
| authority = [Alder](/source/Joshua_Alder) & [Hancock](/source/Albany_Hancock), 1845 
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text.
| synonyms =
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The '''Polyceridae''' are a [taxonomic](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [sea slug](/source/sea_slug)s, dorid [nudibranch](/source/nudibranch)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s within the superfamily [Polyceroidea](/source/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](/source/Doridacea), itself belonging to the [clade](/source/clade) [Euctenidiacea](/source/Euctenidiacea) within the clade [Nudipleura](/source/Nudipleura) (according to the [taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_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](/source/Alice_Pruvot-Fol), 1956 </small>
** Genus ''[Kalinga](/source/Kalinga_(gastropod))'' <small>Alder & Hancock, 1864 </small> - type genus in the subfamily Kalinginae
* Subfamily Kankelibranchinae <small>Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005</small>
** Genus ''[Kankelibranchus](/source/Kankelibranchus)'' <small>Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005</small>
* Subfamily Nembrothinae <small> Burn, 1967 </small>
** Genus ''[Martadoris](/source/Martadoris)'' <small>Willan & Chang, 2017</small>
** Genus ''[Nembrotha](/source/Nembrotha)'' <small>[Bergh](/source/Rudolph_Bergh), 1877</small> - type genus in the subfamily Nembrothinae
** Genus ''[Roboastra](/source/Roboastra)'' <small>[Bergh](/source/Rudolph_Bergh), 1877</small>
** Genus ''[Tambja](/source/Tambja)'' <small>Burn, 1962</small>
** Genus ''[Tyrannodoris](/source/Tyrannodoris)'' <small>Willan & Chang, 2017</small>
* Subfamily Polycerinae <small>Alder & Hancock, 1845</small>
** Genus ''[Greilada](/source/Greilada)'' <small>Bergh, 1894</small> 
** Genus ''[Gymnodoris](/source/Gymnodoris)'' <small>Stimpson, 1855</small>
** Genus ''[Lamellana](/source/Lamellana)'' Lin, 1992
** Genus ''[Lecithophorus](/source/Lecithophorus)'' <small>Macnae, 1958</small>
** Genus ''[Palio](/source/Palio_(gastropod))'' <small>Gray, 1857</small>
** Genus ''[Paliolla](/source/Paliolla)'' <small>Burn, 1958</small>
** Genus ''[Polycera](/source/Polycera)'' <small>Cuvier, 1817</small> - type genus in the family Polyceridae
** Genus ''[Polycerella](/source/Polycerella)'' <small>A. E. Verrill, 1881</small>
** Genus ''[Thecacera](/source/Thecacera)'' <small>Fleming, 1828</small>
* Subfamily Triophinae <small> Odhner, 1941 </small>
** Genus ''[Colga](/source/Colga_(gastropod))'' <small>[Bergh](/source/Rudolph_Bergh), 1880</small> 
** Genus ''[Crimora](/source/Crimora_(gastropod)) '' <small>Alder and Hancock, 1855</small> 
** Genus ''[Heteroplocamus](/source/Heteroplocamus)'' <small>Oliver, 1915</small>
** Genus ''[Holoplocamus](/source/Holoplocamus)'' <small>Odhner, 1926</small>
** Genus ''[Joubiniopsis](/source/Joubiniopsis)'' <small>Risbec, 1928</small>
** Genus ''[Kaloplocamus](/source/Kaloplocamus)'' <small>[Bergh](/source/Rudolph_Bergh), 1893</small>
** Genus ''[Limacia](/source/Limacia)'' <small>O.F. Müller, 1781</small>
** Genus ''[Plocamopherus](/source/Plocamopherus)'' <small>(Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831)</small>
** Genus ''[Triopha](/source/Triopha)'' <small>[Bergh](/source/Rudolph_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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Category:Taxa named by Albany Hancock

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