Hero (gastropod)

Heroidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudipleura. There are no subfamilies in Heroidae.[2] Hero is the only genus in this monotypic family.[1]

Hero
Hero formosa depicted in A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca

Part 8 Charles Eliot.

Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia

clade Cladobranchia
Family:
Heroidae

Genus:
Hero

Alder & Hancock, 1855[1]

Species
  • Hero blanchardi (Vayssière, 1888)[3]
  • Hero formosa (Lovén, 1844) [4]

References
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  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hero Alder & Hancock, 1855". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hero blanchardi Vayssière, 1888". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hero formosa Lovén, 1844". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 21 April 2024.


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