Hermaea is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Hermaea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138063 on 2015-04-29
Hermaea is the type genus of the family Hermaeidae.
Species Species within the genus Hermaea include 13 valid species:Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" . Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281. Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1816) Hermaea boucheti Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1991 Hermaea coirala Marcus, 1955 Hermaea cantabra Caballer & Ortea, 2015 Hermaea coirala Marcus, 1955 Hermaea conejera Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2016 Hermaea cruciata Gould, 1870 Hermaea cubana Caballer & Ortea, 2013 Hermaea dakariensis Pruvot-Fol, 1953 Hermaea evelinemarcusae Jensen, 1993 Hermaea ghanensis Caballer, Ortea & Moro, 2006 Hermaea hillae Marcus & Marcus, 1967 Hermaea minor Bergh, 1888 (taxon inquirendum) Hermaea nautica Caballer & Ortea, 2007 Hermaea noto (Baba, 1959) Hermaea oliviae (MacFarland, 1966) Hermaea paucicirra Pruvot-Fol, 1953 Hermaea vancouverensis O'Donoghue, 1924 Hermaea variopicta (A. Costa, 1869) Hermaea wrangeliae (Ichikawa, 1993) Hermaea zosterae (Baba, 1959)
Species brought into synonymy Hermaea aoteana Powell, 1937: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea brevicornis Costa A., 1867: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea capensis Macnae, 1954: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea carminis Fez, 1962: synonym of Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1892) Hermaea cremoniana Trinchese, 1892: synonym of Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1892) Hermaea dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843): synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea hancockii Trinchese, 1877: synonym of Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1816) Hermaea kingstoni (T. E. Thompson, 1977): synonym of Placida kingstoni T. E. Thompson, 1977 Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea orbicularis Costa A., 1866: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea ornata MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea polychroma (Hesse, 1873): synonym of Hermaea variopicta (A. Costa, 1869) Hermaea saronica Thompson T., 1988: synonym of Placida saronica (T. E. Thompson, 1988) Hermaea venosa Lovén, 1845: synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Hermaea viridis Deshayes, 1857: synonym of Polybranchia viridis (Deshayes, 1857)
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Costa A. (1866-1869). Saggio sui molluschi eolididei del Golfo di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università di Napoli Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.