Hermaea (gastropod)
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Hermaea is a genus
of sacoglossa
n sea slug
s, a shell-less marine
opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae
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Hermaea is the type genus
of the family Hermaeidae
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Invalid species named Hermaea include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
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
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
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 bifidaHermaea bifidaHermaea 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 bouchetiHermaea bouchetiHermaea 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 coiralaHermaea coiralaHermaea coirala is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....
Marcus, 1955 - Hermaea cruciataHermaea cruciataHermaea cruciata is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....
Gould, 1870 - Hermaea evelinemarcusaeHermaea evelinemarcusaeHermaea evelinemarcusae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....
Jensen, 1993 - Hermaea hillaeHermaea hillaeHermaea hillae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....
Marcus & Marcus, 1967 - Hermaea notoHermaea notoHermaea noto is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....
(Baba, 1959) - Hermaea oliviaeHermaea oliviaeHermaea 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 paucicirraHermaea paucicirraHermaea 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 vancouverensisHermaea vancouverensisHermaea vancouverensis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:...
O'Donoghue, 1924 - Hermaea variopictaHermaea variopictaHermaea variopicta is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:...
(A. Costa, 1869) - Hermaea wrangeliaeHermaea wrangeliaeHermaea wrangeliae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....
(Ichikawa, 1993) - Hermaea zosteraeHermaea zosteraeHermaea 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