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Polyceridae  Alder and Hancock, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 78308

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Triophidae Odhner, 1941
  
    Gymnodorididae Odhner, 1941
  
    Vayssiereidae Vaught, 1989
  
    Polyceratidae Alder and Hancock, 1845
  
    Okadaiidae Baba, 1930
  
    Vayssiereidae Thiele, 1931
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassHeterobranchia   
                         SuperorderNudipleura   
                            OrderNudibranchia Cuvier in Blainville, 1814 – nudibranchs, nudibranches  
                               SuborderDoridina   
                                  InfraorderDoridoidei   
                                     SuperfamilyPolyceroidea Alder and Hancock, 1845  
                                        FamilyPolyceridae Alder and Hancock, 1845  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusColga Bergh, 1880  
                                           GenusCrimora Alder and Hancock, 1855  
                                           GenusGreilada   
                                           GenusKaloplocamus Bergh, 1892  
                                           GenusLaila MacFarland, 1905  
                                           GenusLimacia   
                                           GenusNembrotha Bergh, 1877  
                                           GenusPalio Gray, 1857  
                                           GenusPolycera Cuvier, 1817  
                                           GenusPolycerella A. E. Verrill, 1881  
                                           GenusTambja Burn, 1962  
                                           GenusThecacera Fleming, 1828  
                                           GenusTriopha Bergh, 1880  
       

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  Source: Family names, particularly Polyceridae and Aegiridae, newsletter (version 3:03)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "nudibranch NEWS Vol.3 No.3: 13 November 2000," which is found at http://slugsite.tierranet.com/news/anews27.pdf   
  Reference for: Polyceridae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Polyceridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Abbott, Robert Tucker   
  Publication Date: 1974   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): 663   
  Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-442-20228-8   
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  Reference for: Polyceridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouchet, Philippe, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hasdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Malacologia, vol. 61, no. 1-2   
  Page(s): 1-526   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0076-2997   
  Notes: doi: 10.4002/040.061.0201   
  Reference for: Polyceridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martynov, A. V., and O. N. Baranets   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the genus Colga Bergh (Opisthobranchia, Polyceridae), with description of a new species from the North Pacific   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ruthenica vol. 12, no. 1   
  Page(s): 23-43   
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  Notes: In Russian   
  Reference for: Polyceridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Millard, V.   
  Publication Date: 1997   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca   
  Page(s): 1-544   
  Publisher: Victor Millard   
  Publication Place: South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-620-21261-6   
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  Reference for: Polyceridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ponder, Winston Frank, David R. Lindberg, and Juliet Mary Ponder   
  Publication Date: 2020   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xx + 870   
  Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780815361848   
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  Reference for: Polyceridae   
       

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