Hermaea bifida

Hermaea bifida is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.[2]

Hermaea bifida
Drawing of Hermaea bifida from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Limapontioidea
Family:
Hermaeidae
Genus:
Hermaea
Species:
H. bifida
Binomial name
Hermaea bifida
(Montagu, 1815)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doris bifida Montagu, 1815[1]
  • Hermaea hancockii Trinchese, 1877
  • Physopneumon carneum A. Costa, 1864
  • Physopneumon corneus [sic] (misspelling)

Distribution

The type locality for this species is the coast of Devon, South West England, United Kingdom.[1][3] It occurs also in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Caribbean Sea.

References
  1. Montagu G. (1815) "An account of some new and rare British shells and animals". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11(2): 179-204. Hermaea bifida is on pages 198-199. Plate 14, figure 2.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140092 on 2015-04-28
  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.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213


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