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Family: Hermaeidae



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23 species (see list below)
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Caliphylla mediterranea
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Caliphylla viridis
[Green polybranchia]
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Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Cyerce antillensis
[Antilles glass-slug]

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Western Central Pacific

Cyerce bourbonica Yonow, 2012

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Cyerce bourbonica
[]

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Western Atlantic and the
Max. Length 3 cm DL
Cyerce cristallina (Trinchese, 1881)

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Cyerce cristallina
[Harlequin glass-slug]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Cyerce edmundsi
[]

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Cyerce elegans Bergh, 1870

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Cyerce elegans
[Sap sucking sea slug]
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Cyerce graeca
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Cyerce nigra
[Black Cyerce]

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Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866)

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Cyerce nigricans
[Black and gold sap sucking slug]
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Cyerce orteai
[Ortea's Cyerce]

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Western Central Pacific

Cyerce pavonina Bergh, 1888

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Cyerce pavonina
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Hermaea nautica
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Mourgona germaineae
[]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Mourgona murca
[]
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Polybranchia borgninii
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Polybranchia foxi
[]

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Western Central Pacific

Polybranchia jensenae Medrano, Krug, Gosliner, Biju Kumar & Á. Valdés, 2018

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Polybranchia jensenae
[]

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Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858)

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Polybranchia orientalis
[Oriental polybranchia]
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Polybranchia pallens
[Pale polybranchia]

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Western Central Pacific

Polybranchia samanthae Medrano, Krug, Gosliner, Biju Kumar & Á. Valdés, 2018

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Polybranchia samanthae
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Max. Length 1 cm TL
 
Polybranchia westralis
[]

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Western Central Pacific

Sohgenia palauensis Hamatani, 1991

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Sohgenia palauensis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Caliphylla mediterranea Western Atlantic and the 1867
Caliphylla viridis Green polybranchia Eastern Pacific and Weste 2.5 TL 1857
Cyerce antillensis Antilles glass-slug Western Atlantic. 6 DL 1927
Cyerce bourbonica Western Central Pacific 2012
Cyerce cristallina Harlequin glass-slug Western Atlantic and the 3 DL 1881
Cyerce edmundsi Western Atlantic. 1 DL 1977
Cyerce elegans Sap sucking sea slug Indo-Pacific 2 TL 1870
Cyerce graeca Mediterranean Sea. 1988
Cyerce nigra Black Cyerce Central Pacific 1871
Cyerce nigricans Black and gold sap sucking slug Indo-Pacific. 2 TL 1866
Cyerce orteai Ortea's Cyerce Eastern Pacific. Climate 2 TL 2000
Cyerce pavonina Western Central Pacific 1888
Hermaea nautica Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 2007
Mourgona germaineae Western Atlantic. 1.5 DL 1970
Mourgona murca Western Atlantic. 1.1 DL 1970
Polybranchia borgninii Mediterranean Sea. 1896
Polybranchia foxi Western Indian Ocean 1928
Polybranchia jensenae Western Central Pacific 2018
Polybranchia orientalis Oriental polybranchia Indo-Pacific. 3 TL 1858
Polybranchia pallens Pale polybranchia Eastern Indian Ocean 1957
Polybranchia samanthae Western Central Pacific 2018
Polybranchia westralis Indo-West Pacific 1 TL 1993
Sohgenia palauensis Western Central Pacific 1991



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