Hermaeidae Explained

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:

• Aplysiopsis Deshayes, 1839–53
• Caliphylla A. Costa, 1867
• Cyerce Bergh, 1870
• Hermaea Lovèn, 1844 - type *
• Mourgona Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
• Polybranchia Pease, 1860
• Sohgenia Hamatani, 1991

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Beccaria Trinchese, 1870: synonym of Caliphylla A. Costa, 1867
• 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.)
• Hermaeina Trinchese, 1874: synonym of Aplysiopsis Deshayes, 1853
• Hermaeopsis A. Costa, 1869: synonym of Hermaea Lovén, 1844
• Jenseneria Ortea & Moro, 2015: synonym of Mourgona Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
• Lobiancoia Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Cyerce Bergh, 1870
• Lobifera Pease, 1866: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860 (Unnecessary substitute name for Polybranchia Pease, 1860)
• Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
• Phyllobranchopsis Eliot, 1905: synonym of Aplysiopsis Bergh, 1898: synonym of Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
• Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860 (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names)
• Physopneumon A. Costa, 1864: synonym of Hermaea Lovén, 1844
• Polybranchea: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
• Polybranchus: synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860

Other invalid species within family Hermaeidae include:^[3]

• 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

External links

• Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1-2 .
2. Jensen K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B Biological Sciences 351(1335): 91-122. .
3. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" . Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.