Hermaea boucheti

Hermaea boucheti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hermaeidae
Genus: Hermaea
Species:
H. boucheti
Binomial name
Hermaea boucheti
Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1991

Hermaea boucheti is a species of sacoglossan sea slug in the family Hermaeidae.[1][2] Hermaea boucheti exhibits predominantly yellowish to yellowish-green translucent body colorations and has an opaque white pericardial zone.[3]

Distribution

This species is found in the North Atlantic Ocean off the Spanish coast, including Strait of Gibraltar.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Hermaea boucheti Cervera, García-Gómez & Ortea, 1991". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ Jensen, K. R. (2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" (PDF). Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 2006 (3–4): 255–281. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  3. ^ Cervera, J. L.; García-Gómez, J. C.; Ortea, J. A. (1991). "Una nueva especie del genero Hermaea (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) y redescripcion de dos raros sacoglosos de la malacofauna europea". Iberus: revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología (in Spanish). 8: 215–224. Retrieved 2026-03-19.