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Polyceridae Alder & Hancock, 1845 
AphiaID: 177

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Polyceroidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Polyceratidae Alder & Hancock, 1845
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

from synonym: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch mosdierslakken  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subfamily Kalinginae Pruvot-Fol, 1956
  » Genus Kalinga Alder & Hancock, 1864
Subfamily Kankelibranchinae Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
  » Genus Kankelibranchus Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2005
Subfamily Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
  » Genus Nembrotha Bergh, 1877
» Genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877
» Genus Tambja Burn, 1962
» Genus Kentiella Pruvot-Fol, 1932 accepted as Nembrotha Bergh, 1877
Subfamily Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845
  » Genus Greilada Bergh, 1894
» Genus Palio Gray, 1857
» Genus Polycera Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1880
» Genus Thecacera Fleming, 1828
» Genus Folietta F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Palio Gray, 1857
» Genus Galacera Risso-Dominguez, 1960 accepted as Polycera Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Ohola Bergh, 1884 accepted as Thecacera Fleming, 1828
» Genus Polyceras Locard, 1886 accepted as Polycera Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Triopa Johnston, 1838 accepted as Palio Gray, 1857
Subfamily Triophinae Odhner, 1941
  » Genus Colga Bergh, 1880
» Genus Crimora Alder & Hancock, 1862
» Genus Heteroplocamus Oliver, 1915
» Genus Holoplocamus Odhner, 1926
» Genus Joubiniopsis Risbec, 1928
» Genus Kaloplocamus Bergh, 1892
» Genus Limacia O. F. Müller, 1781
» Genus Plocamopherus Rüppell in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
» Genus Triopha Bergh, 1880
» Genus Cabrilla Fewkes, 1889 accepted as Triopha Bergh, 1880
» Genus Euplocamus Philippi, 1836 accepted as Kaloplocamus Bergh, 1892
» Genus Histiophorus Pease, 1860 accepted as Plocamopherus Rüppell in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
» Genus Issa Bergh, 1881 accepted as Colga Bergh, 1880
» Genus Issena Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 accepted as Colga Bergh, 1880
» Genus Laila MacFarland, 1905 accepted as Limacia O. F. Müller, 1781
» Genus Peplidia Lowe, 1842 accepted as Plocamopherus Rüppell in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

Subfamily Kaloplocaminae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 accepted as Triophinae Odhner, 1941
Subfamily Lailinae Burn, 1967 accepted as Triophinae Odhner, 1941
Subfamily Triopinae Gray, 1847 accepted as Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-08-14 09:49:04Z  changed  db_admin
2010-09-27 07:46:00Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-03-22 09:54:38Z  changed  Caballer, Manuel
  
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  Citation: Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Polyceridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177 on 2013-05-22
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