Hermaea (gastropod)

Hermaea
A live individual of Hermaea variopicta in situ
Drawing of Hermaea bifida from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily: Limapontioidea
Family: Hermaeidae
Genus: Hermaea
Lovén, 1844[1]
Type species
Doris bifida Montagu, 1816
Synonyms
  • Hermaeopsis A. Costa, 1869
  • Physopneumon A. Costa, 1864

Hermaea is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae. [2]

Hermaea is the type genus of the family Hermaeidae.

Species

Species within the genus Hermaea include 13 valid species:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
[3]

References

  1. Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 1(3): 50.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Hermaea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138063 on 2015-04-29
  3. 1 2 Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
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