Hermaea vancouverensis

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

Hermaea vancouverensis
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. vancouverensis
Binomial name
Hermaea vancouverensis
(O'Donoghue, 1924)

Distribution

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

Ecology
gollark: I mean, I would have taken it.
gollark: ***mine***
gollark: this balloon is GOING DOWN.
gollark: I got it, thanks. It will be an excellent addition to my small collection of nebular.
gollark: I hesitated and it vanished...

References
  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. http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/hermpauc
  3. http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hermvanc


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