Hermaeidae

Hermaeidae
	Hermaea variopicta
	Drawing of Hermaea bifida from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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;

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

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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:

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]

[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