Hermaea (gastropod)

Hermaea
A live individual of Hermaea variopicta in situ
Drawing of Hermaea bifida from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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]
  • 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)

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. ^ a b 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.