Hermissenda
| Hermissenda | |
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| Closeup of Hermissenda opalescens off Monterey, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae |
| Genus: | Hermissenda Bergh, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Aeolis opalescens J. G. Cooper, 1863
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Hermissenda is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Hermissenda include:[2]
- Hermissenda crassicornis (Eschscholtz, 1831)
- Hermissenda emurai (Baba, 1937)
- Hermissenda opalescens (Cooper, 1863)
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS (2015). Hermissenda Bergh, 1879. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-04-23
- ^ Lindsay, T. & Valdés, Á. (2016) The Model Organism Hermissenda crassicornis (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) Is a Species Complex. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0154265.