''Ercolania'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of small

sacoglossa Sacoglossa are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia known as sacoglossans. There are 284 valid species recognized within this superorder. Sacoglossans live by ingestin ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...

s, shell-less marine

opisthobranch Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopistho ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family

Limapontiidae Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Limapontiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138523 on 2020-11-05

Species

Species within the genus ''Ercolania'' include 24 valid species:Jensen K. R. (November 2007)
"Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"
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'' 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281. * '' Ercolania annelyleorum'' Wagele, Stemmer, Burghardt & Handeler, 2010Wagele, H., Stemmer, K., Burghardt, I., & Handeler, K. (2010). "Two new sacoglossan sea slug species (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda): ''Ercolania annelyleorum'' sp. nov. (Limapontioidea) and ''Elysia asbecki'' sp. nov. (Plakobranchoidea), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology." ''

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'' 2676 (2010): 1-28. * '' Ercolania boodleae'' (Baba, 1938) * ''

Ercolania coerulea ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' Trinchese, 1892 * '' Ercolania endophytophaga'' K. R. Jensen, 1999 * '' Ercolania erbsus'' (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970) * '' Ercolania evelinae'' (Marcus, 1959) * ''

Ercolania felina ''Ercolania felina'' is a minute black species of sacoglossan or sap-sucking sea slug. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.WoRMS (2012). Ercolania felina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...

'' (Hutton, 1882) * ''

Ercolania fuscata ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Gould, 1870) * ''

Ercolania gopalai ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Rao, 1937) * ''

Ercolania halophilae ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World ...

'' K. R. Jensen, Kohnert, Bendell & Schrödl, 2014 * ''

Ercolania irregularis ''Ercolania irregularis'' is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shelless marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine op ...

'' (Eliot, 1904) * ''

Ercolania kencolesi ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

'' Grzymbowski, Stemmer & Wagele, 2007Grzymbowski, Y., Stemmer, K. & Wagele, H. (2007). "On a new ''Ercolania'' Trinchese, 1872 (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa, Limapontiidae) living within ''Boergesenia'' Feldmann, 1950 (Cladophorales), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology". ''

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Ercolania lozanoi ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' Ortea, 1981 * ''

Ercolania margaritae ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' Burn, 1974 * ''

Ercolania nigra ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Lemche, 1936) * ''

Ercolania pica ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Annandale & Prashad, 1922) * ''

Ercolania raorum ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1970) * '' Ercolania selva'' Ortea & Espinosa, 2001 * '' Ercolania subviridis'' (Baba, 1959) * '' Ercolania talis'' (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1956) * '' Ercolania tentaculata'' (Eliot, 1917) * '' Ercolania translucens'' Jensen, 1993 * '' Ercolania varians'' (Eliot, 1904) * '' Ercolania viridis'' (A. Costa, 1866) * '' Ercolania zanzibarica'' Eliot, 1903 ;Species brought into synonymy include: * ''Ercolania costai'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951 * ''Ercolania cricetae'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1970) * ''Ercolania emarginata'' Jensen, 1985 * ''Ercolania funerea'' (Costa, 1867) * ''Ercolania nigrovittata'' (A. Costa, 1866) * ''Ercolania nigrovittata'' (Rao & Rao, 1963) * ''Ercolania pancerii'' Trinchese, 1872 * ''

Ercolania siottii ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' Trinchese, 1872 * ''Ercolania trinchesii'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951 * ''Ercolania uziellii'' Trinchese, 1872 * ''Ercolania vanellus'' Marcus, 1957

References

* Trinchese S. (1872). Un nuovo genere della famiglia degli eolidei Ercolania Trinchese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 2: 86-132 + 10p * Ortea, J., 1982. Moluscos Opistobranquios de las Islas Canarias. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía 6(327): 180-199 * Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281. Limapontiidae {{Limapontiidae-stub