Re: Hermaeopsis

February 14, 2001
From: Jean-Pierre Bielecki

Dear Bill
Thank you for your quick answer. I follow with interest your fantastic work on the Sea Slug Forum, and I have a question about the two Sacoglossan of my last mail. In the French web site : CLEMAM (www.mnhn.fr), Hermaeopsis variopicta is named Hermaea variopicta, same genus as Hermaea bifida. And also in this web site they belong to the Hermaeidae family. What do you think about this (new?) classification ?
Best regards.
Jean-Pierre Bielecki

bielecki.jeanpierre@free.fr

Bielecki, J-P, 2001 (Feb 14) Re: Hermaeopsis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3790

Dear Jean-Pierre,
I'll ask Kathie Jensen to clarify these two points. Concerning the Family. The higher taxonomy of the Sacoglossans appears to be in an exciting, if confusing , time of change. In recent years we have had many different studies on the phylogenetic relationships within the group. While this is very interesting and should be encouraged, it does mean that people in charge of lists of names sometimes find it difficult to keep up. My impression was that Hermaea was now considered to be part of the Limapontiidae, but I could be wrong.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Feb 14). Comment on Re: Hermaeopsis by Jean-Pierre Bielecki. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3790

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