Hermaeidae

Summary

Hermaeidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea.[1]

Hermaeidae
Hermaea variopicta
Drawing of Hermaea bifida from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Superorder: Sacoglossa
Superfamily: Plakobranchoidea
Family: Hermaeidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type genus
Hermaea
Lovén, 1844
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • 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

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera edit

Jensen (1996)[2] listed three genera Aplysiopsis, Hermaea and Hermaeopsis A. Costa, 1869, which has been synonymized with * Hermaea.

Jensen (2007)[3] listed two valid genera in the family Hermaeidae:

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:[3]

  • Physopneumon carneum A. Costa, 1862

References edit

  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
  • 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 edit

  • 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
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