Hermaeidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

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  • Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881
  • Jenseneriidae Ortea & Moro, 2015
  • Lobiferidae Pruvot-Fol, 1947
  • Phyllobranchidae Bergh, 1871 ( invalid family name: type * a junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851)
  • Phyllobranchillidae Risbec, 1953
  • Polybranchiidae O'Donoghue, 1929 |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = See text

Hermaeidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea.{{cite journal |author1=Bouchet, P. |author2=Rocroi, J.-P. | year = 2005 | date= | title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families | journal = Malacologia | volume =47 | issue = 1-2 | pages = | issn = | doi =

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Jensen (1996) listed three genera Aplysiopsis, Hermaea and Hermaeopsis A. Costa, 1869, which has been synonymized with * Hermaea.

Jensen (2007) 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:

  • 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

References

  1. 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. {{doi. 10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.
  2. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). [http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_55_3_05_Jensen.pdf "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"] {{webarchive. link. (2013-10-05 . ''[[Bonner zoologische Beiträge]]'' '''55'''(2006)(3-4): 255–281.)

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