Species Identification
Back to search
Other identification tools

Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Hermaeidae



(See list of species below)

Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



28 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found
 
Caliphylla mediterranea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Caliphylla viridis
[Green polybranchia]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Cyerce antillensis
[Antilles glass-slug]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Cyerce bourbonicaYonow, 2012

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Cyerce bourbonica
[]
No picture found
 
Cyerce browneveorum
[]

Coudre, Christian

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

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Cyerce cristallina
[Harlequin glass-slug]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Cyerce edmundsi
[]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

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

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Cyerce elegans
[Sap sucking sea slug]
No picture found
 
Cyerce ellingsonorum
[]
No picture found
 
Cyerce graeca
[]
No picture found
 
Cyerce nicholasi
[]
No picture found
 
Cyerce nigra
[Black Cyerce]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

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

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Cyerce nigricans
[Black and gold sap sucking slug]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Cyerce orteai
[Ortea's Cyerce]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Cyerce pavoninaBergh, 1888

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Cyerce pavonina
[]
No picture found
 
Cyerce piercei
[]
No picture found
 
Cyerce willetteorum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Hermaea nautica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Mourgona germaineae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Mourgona murca
[]
No picture found
 
Polybranchia borgninii
[]
No picture found
 
Polybranchia foxi
[]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Polybranchia jensenaeMedrano, Krug, Gosliner, Biju Kumar & Á. Valdés, 2018

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Polybranchia jensenae
[]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

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

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Polybranchia orientalis
[Oriental polybranchia]
No picture found
 
Polybranchia pallens
[Pale polybranchia]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Polybranchia samanthaeMedrano, Krug, Gosliner, Biju Kumar & Á. Valdés, 2018

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Polybranchia samanthae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm TL
 
Polybranchia westralis
[]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Sohgenia palauensisHamatani, 1991

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Sohgenia palauensis
[]


Scientific Name
    • English Name
    • Distribution
    • Max. Length
    • Year



    • Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase


    Identification by pictures:
    If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

    If you already know the Country, go to     Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

    If you already know the Ecosystem, go to     Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.