Hermaea (gastropod) explained

Hermaea is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae.^[1]

Hermaea is the type genus of the family Hermaeidae.

Species

Species within the genus Hermaea include 13 valid species:^[2]

• Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1816)
• Hermaea boucheti Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1991
• Hermaea coirala Marcus, 1955
• Hermaea cantabra Caballer & Ortea, 2015
• Hermaea coirala Marcus, 1955
• Hermaea conejera Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2016
• Hermaea cruciata Gould, 1870
• Hermaea cubana Caballer & Ortea, 2013
• Hermaea dakariensis Pruvot-Fol, 1953
• Hermaea evelinemarcusae Jensen, 1993
• Hermaea ghanensis Caballer, Ortea & Moro, 2006
• Hermaea hillae Marcus & Marcus, 1967
• Hermaea minor Bergh, 1888 (taxon inquirendum)
• Hermaea nautica Caballer & Ortea, 2007
• Hermaea noto (Baba, 1959)
• Hermaea oliviae (MacFarland, 1966)
• Hermaea paucicirra Pruvot-Fol, 1953
• Hermaea vancouverensis O'Donoghue, 1924
• Hermaea variopicta (A. Costa, 1869)
• Hermaea wrangeliae (Ichikawa, 1993)
• Hermaea zosterae (Baba, 1959)

Species brought into synonymy:^[2]

• Hermaea aoteana Powell, 1937: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea brevicornis Costa A., 1867: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea capensis Macnae, 1954: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea carminis Fez, 1962: synonym of Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1892)
• Hermaea cremoniana Trinchese, 1892: synonym of Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1892)
• Hermaea dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843): synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea hancockii Trinchese, 1877: synonym of Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1816)
• Hermaea kingstoni (T. E. Thompson, 1977): synonym of Placida kingstoni T. E. Thompson, 1977
• Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea orbicularis Costa A., 1866: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea ornata MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea polychroma (Hesse, 1873): synonym of Hermaea variopicta (A. Costa, 1869)
• Hermaea saronica Thompson T., 1988: synonym of Placida saronica (T. E. Thompson, 1988)
• Hermaea venosa Lovén, 1845: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
• Hermaea viridis Deshayes, 1857: synonym of Polybranchia viridis (Deshayes, 1857)

External links

• • Costa A. (1866-1869). Saggio sui molluschi eolididei del Golfo di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università di Napoli
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" . Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.