Polyceroidea
Superfamily of gastropods
title: "Polyceroidea" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["nudipleura"] description: "Superfamily of gastropods" topic_path: "general/nudipleura" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyceroidea" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Superfamily of gastropods ::
| image = Triopha catalinae 1.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of Triopha catalinae in situ, head end towards the lower left | taxon = Polyceroidea | authority = Alder & Hancock, 1845 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = Phanerobranchiata Non Suctoria
Polyceroidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Doridacea.{{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 =
Families
Families within the superfamily Polyceroidea include:
- Family Aegiridae - In Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) this taxon is incorrectly spelled Aegiretidae.
- Family Hexabranchidae
- Family Okadaiidae
- Family Polyceridae
References
References
- [[Joshua Alder. Alder J.]] & [[Albany Hancock. Hancock A.]] 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.
- {{WRMS species. 412569. Polyceroidea Alder & Hancock, 1845. 10 January 2019
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