Hermaeidae

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

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
  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. 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
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