Hermaea (gastropod)
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Hermaea is a genus
Genus
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 of sacoglossa
Sacoglossa
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "sap-sucking sea slugs", are a clade of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia...

n sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, a shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
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 opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae
Hermaeidae
Hermaeidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limapontioidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Genera:...

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Hermaea is the type genus
Type genus
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 of the family Hermaeidae
Hermaeidae
Hermaeidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limapontioidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Genera:...

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Species

Species within the genus Hermaea include 13 valid species:
  • Hermaea bifida
    Hermaea bifida
    Hermaea bifida is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:The type locality for this species is the coast of Devon, South West England, United Kingdom....

    (Montagu, 1816)
  • Hermaea boucheti
    Hermaea boucheti
    Hermaea boucheti is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1991
  • Hermaea coirala
    Hermaea coirala
    Hermaea coirala is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    Marcus, 1955
  • Hermaea cruciata
    Hermaea cruciata
    Hermaea cruciata is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    Gould, 1870
  • Hermaea evelinemarcusae
    Hermaea evelinemarcusae
    Hermaea evelinemarcusae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    Jensen, 1993
  • Hermaea hillae
    Hermaea hillae
    Hermaea hillae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    Marcus & Marcus, 1967
  • Hermaea noto
    Hermaea noto
    Hermaea noto is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    (Baba, 1959)
  • Hermaea oliviae
    Hermaea oliviae
    Hermaea oliviae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:This species is found from Southern California to British Columbia, Canada....

    (MacFarland, 1966)
  • Hermaea paucicirra
    Hermaea paucicirra
    Hermaea paucicirra is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:This species is known to occur in West Africa, Spain, and the western Mediterranean....

    Pruvot-Fol, 1953
  • Hermaea vancouverensis
    Hermaea vancouverensis
    Hermaea vancouverensis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:...

    O'Donoghue, 1924
  • Hermaea variopicta
    Hermaea variopicta
    Hermaea variopicta is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:...

    (A. Costa, 1869)
  • Hermaea wrangeliae
    Hermaea wrangeliae
    Hermaea wrangeliae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    (Ichikawa, 1993)
  • Hermaea zosterae
    Hermaea zosterae
    Hermaea zosterae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....

    (Baba, 1959)


Invalid species named Hermaea include:
  • Hermaea carminis Fez, 1962
  • Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866
  • Hermaea minor Bergh, 1888
  • Hermaea polychroma (Hesse, 1873)
  • Hermaea venosa Lovén, 1845
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