Hermaeidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea.[1]
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Jensen (1996)[2] listed three genera Aplysiopsis, Hermaea and Hermaeopsis A. Costa, 1869, which has been synonymized with * Hermaea.
Jensen (2007)[3] listed two valid genera in the family Hermaeidae:
- Genera brought into synonymy
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Beccaria Trinchese, 1870: synonym of Caliphylla A. Costa, 1867
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Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860 (invalid: junior objective synonym of Phyllobranchillus, an earlier replacement name by the same author for the same homonym.)
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Hermaeina Trinchese, 1874: synonym of Aplysiopsis Deshayes, 1853
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Hermaeopsis A. Costa, 1869: synonym of Hermaea Lovén, 1844
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Jenseneria Ortea & Moro, 2015: synonym of Mourgona Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
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Lobiancoia Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Cyerce Bergh, 1870
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Lobifera Pease, 1866: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860 (Unnecessary substitute name for Polybranchia Pease, 1860)
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Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
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Phyllobranchopsis Eliot, 1905: synonym of Aplysiopsis Bergh, 1898: synonym of Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
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Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860 (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names)
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Physopneumon A. Costa, 1864: synonym of Hermaea Lovén, 1844
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Polybranchea: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
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Polybranchus: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
Other invalid species within family Hermaeidae include:[3]
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Physopneumon carneum A. Costa, 1862
References
- Moro L. & Ortea J. (2015). Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia). Vieraea. 43: 21-86.
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526