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| The nudibranch Tergipes tergipes, Gulen Dive Centre, Norway. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Tergipes Cuvier, 1805 |
Tergipes is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tergipedidae. Tergipes is the type genus of the family Tergipedidae.
Species
Species within the genus Tergipes include:
- Tergipes antarcticus Pelseneer, 1903
- Tergipes edwardsii Nordmann, 1844
- Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
- Tergipes adspersus Nordmann, 1845 synonym of Tenellia adspersa (Nordmann, 1845)
- Tergipes affinis d'Orbigny, 1837 synonym of Doto affinis (d'Orbigny, 1837)
- Tergipes capellinii Trinchese, 1879 synonym of Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879)
- Tergipes despectus (Johnston, 1835) synonym of Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
- Tergipes doriae (Trinchese, 1874) synonym of Capellinia doriae (Trinchese, 1874)
- Tergipes fustifer Lovén, 1846 synonym of Capellinia fustifera (Lovén, 1846)
- Tergipes lacinulatus de Blainville, 1824 synonym of Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
- Tergipes lacinulatus (Gmelin, 1791) synonym of Doris lacinulata Gmelin, 1791
- Tergipes pulcher Johnston, 1834 synonym of Limacia clavigera (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Tergipes rupium Møller, 1842 synonym of Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842)
- Tergipes valentini (Eliot, 1907) synonym of Cuthona valentini
Ecology
Species of Tergipes feed on hydroids, as reflected by the serrated radula. A recent study showed that Tergipes tergipes is an amphi-atlantic species.
References
- Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. (1805). Mémoire sur la Scyllee, l'Eolide et le Glaucus, avec des additions au mémoire sur la Tritonie. Annales de Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6:416-436, pl. 61.
- Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tergipes Cuvier, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-12-10
- Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- Schrödl, M. 2003. Sea slugs of southern South America. ConchBooks, Hackenheim.
- Walter J. Lambert (1991). "Coexistence of hydroid eating nudibranchs: do feeding biology and habitat use matter?". Biological Bulletin. 181 (2): 248–260. doi:10.2307/1542096. JSTOR 1542096. PMID 29304644.
- Cámara, S., Carmona, L., Cella, K., Ekimova, I., Martynov, A., & Cervera, J. L., (2014). Tergipes tergipes (Förskal, 1775) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is an amphiatlantic species. Journal of Molluscan Studies (2014) 80: 642–646. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu015
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