Hero (gastropod)

Heroidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudipleura. There are no subfamilies in Heroidae.^[2] Hero is the only genus in this monotypic family.^[1]

Hero
Hero formosa depicted in A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca Part 8 Charles Eliot.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia
Family:	Heroidae J. E. Gray, 1857
Genus:	Hero Alder & Hancock, 1855[1]

Species

• Hero blanchardi (Vayssière, 1888)^[3]
• Hero formosa (Lovén, 1844) ^[4]

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hero Alder & Hancock, 1855". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hero blanchardi Vayssière, 1888". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hero formosa Lovén, 1844". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 21 April 2024.