Hermaea (gastropod)

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Hermaea
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A live individual of Hermaea variopicta in situ
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Drawing of Hermaea bifida from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hermaeidae
Genus: Hermaea
Lovén, 1844 [1]
Type species
Doris bifida
Montagu, 1816
Synonyms
  • HermaeopsisA. Costa, 1869
  • PhysopneumonA. Costa, 1864

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

Contents

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]

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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)" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine . Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.