Hermaeidae is a

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sacoglossa Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "solar-powered sea slugs", are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia. Sacoglossans live by ingesting the cellular ...

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opisthobranch Opisthobranchs () is now an informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopisth ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the superfamily

Plakobranchoidea Plakobranchoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Plakobranchoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies. ...

. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Jensen (1996)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. . listed three genera ''Aplysiopsis'', ''Hermaea'' and ''Hermaeopsis'' A. Costa, 1869, which has been synonymized with * ''Hermaea''. Jensen (2007)Jensen K. R. (November 2007)
"Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"
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'' 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281. listed two valid genera in the family Hermaeidae: * '' Aplysiopsis'' Deshayes, 1839–53 * '' Caliphylla'' A. Costa, 1867 * ''

Cyerce ''Cyerce'' is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Caliphyllidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyerce. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

'' 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 ''

'' 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 ''Aplysia'' () is a genus of medium-sized to extremely large sea slugs, specifically sea hares, which are one clade of large sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks. These benthic herbivorous creatures can become rather large compared with most ...

Linnaeus, 1767 * ''Phyllobranchus'' Alder & Hancock, 1864: synonym of '' Polybranchia'' Pease, 1860 (Invalid: junior homonym of ''Phyllobranchus'' Girard, 1851 nnelida ''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: * ''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
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3197639 Gastropod families