# Polyceroidea

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{{Short description|Superfamily of gastropods}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Triopha catalinae 1.jpg
| image_caption = A live individual of ''[Triopha catalinae](/source/Triopha_catalinae)'' [in situ](/source/in_situ), head end towards the lower left
| taxon = Polyceroidea
| authority = [Alder](/source/Joshua_Alder) & [Hancock](/source/Albany_Hancock), 1845<ref>[Alder J.](/source/Joshua_Alder) & [Hancock A.](/source/Albany_Hancock) 1845. ''A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species.'' The Ray Society, London. (Published in parts). Part 1. Polycerinae is on page 2.</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = See text.
| synonyms =
Phanerobranchiata Non Suctoria
}}

'''Polyceroidea''' is a [taxonomic](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) superfamily of [sea slug](/source/sea_slug)s, specifically dorid [nudibranch](/source/nudibranch)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the clade [Doridacea](/source/Doridacea).<ref>{{cite journal
 |author1=Bouchet, P.  |author2=Rocroi, J.-P.
  |name-list-style=amp | year = 2005
 | date=
 | title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
 | journal = Malacologia
 | volume =47
 | issue = 1-2
 | pages = 
 | issn = 
 | doi =
 }}</ref>

==Families==
Families within the superfamily Polyceroidea include:<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|412569|Polyceroidea Alder & Hancock, 1845||10 January 2019}}</ref>
*Family [Aegiridae](/source/Aegiridae) - In Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) this taxon is incorrectly spelled Aegiretidae.
*Family [Hexabranchidae](/source/Hexabranchidae)
*Family [Okadaiidae](/source/Okadaiidae)
*Family [Polyceridae](/source/Polyceridae)

==References==
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Category:Nudipleura
Category:Taxa named by Joshua Alder
Category:Taxa named by Albany Hancock

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