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Family: Hermaeidae (See list of species below)

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23 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Caliphylla mediterranea []	No picture found Caliphylla viridis [Green polybranchia]	No picture found Cyerce antillensis [Antilles glass-slug]
Cyerce bourbonica []	Cyerce cristallina [Harlequin glass-slug]	No picture found Cyerce edmundsi []
Cyerce elegans [Sap sucking sea slug]	No picture found Cyerce graeca []	No picture found Cyerce nigra [Black Cyerce]
Cyerce nigricans [Black and gold sap sucking slug]	No picture found Cyerce orteai [Ortea's Cyerce]	Cyerce pavonina []
No picture found Hermaea nautica []	No picture found Mourgona germaineae []	No picture found Mourgona murca []
No picture found Polybranchia borgninii []	No picture found Polybranchia foxi []	Polybranchia jensenae []
Polybranchia orientalis [Oriental polybranchia]	No picture found Polybranchia pallens [Pale polybranchia]	Polybranchia samanthae []
No picture found Polybranchia westralis []	Sohgenia palauensis []

23 Species of Family Hermaeidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Caliphylla mediterranea		Western Atlantic and the
Caliphylla viridis	Green polybranchia	Eastern Pacific and Weste	2.5 TL
Cyerce antillensis	Antilles glass-slug	Western Atlantic.	6 DL
Cyerce bourbonica		Western Central Pacific
Cyerce cristallina	Harlequin glass-slug	Western Atlantic and the	3 DL
Cyerce edmundsi		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Cyerce elegans	Sap sucking sea slug	Indo-Pacific	2 TL
Cyerce graeca		Mediterranean Sea.
Cyerce nigra	Black Cyerce	Central Pacific
Cyerce nigricans	Black and gold sap sucking slug	Indo-Pacific.	2 TL
Cyerce orteai	Ortea's Cyerce	Eastern Pacific. Climate	2 TL
Cyerce pavonina		Western Central Pacific
Hermaea nautica		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Mourgona germaineae		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Mourgona murca		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Polybranchia borgninii		Mediterranean Sea.
Polybranchia foxi		Western Indian Ocean
Polybranchia jensenae		Western Central Pacific
Polybranchia orientalis	Oriental polybranchia	Indo-Pacific.	3 TL
Polybranchia pallens	Pale polybranchia	Eastern Indian Ocean
Polybranchia samanthae		Western Central Pacific
Polybranchia westralis		Indo-West Pacific	1 TL
Sohgenia palauensis		Western Central Pacific

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