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Hermaeidae
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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.

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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
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