Hermaea oliviae

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

Hermaea oliviae
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. oliviae
Binomial name
Hermaea oliviae
(MacFarland, 1966)
Synonyms

Aplysiopsis oliviae[1]

Distribution

This species is found from Southern California to British Columbia, Canada.[3]

Ecology

References
  1. http://www.nudipixel.net/photo/00007272/photographer/marli_wakeling/
  2. 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.
  3. http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/aplyoliv


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