Hermaea (gastropod)
# Hermaea (gastropod)

Hermaea is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae.

Hermaea is the type genus of the family Hermaeidae.

## Species

Species within the genus Hermaea include 13 valid species:

* 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)
