Hermaea vancouverensis

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Hermaea vancouverensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Hermaeidae
Genus: Hermaea
Species:
H. vancouverensis
Binomial name
Hermaea vancouverensis
(O'Donoghue, 1924)

Hermaea vancouverensis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.[1]

Distribution[edit]

This species is known to occur in the northeast Pacific in Alaska to California and South Kuril Islands, Russia.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Hermaea paucicirra". 15 July 2010.
  3. ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Hermaea vancouverensis". 15 July 2010.