Tergipedidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
sea slugs
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary t ...
, aeolid
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...
s,
marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily
Fionoidea
Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the infraorder Cladobranchia. The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family c ...
(according to the
of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomic history
The bratos in this family were moved to the family
Fionidae
Fionidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.
Taxonomic history
This family was expanded to include Tergipedidae, Eubranchidae and Calmidae as a result of a molecular phyloge ...
as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study. This was reversed and the family Tergipedidae restricted to the one nominate genus in 2017 as a result of a re-evaluation of this study and further DNA results.
Genera
Genera within the family Tergipedidae include:
[Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017)]
Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01
* ''
Tergipes
''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:
...
'' Cuvier, 1805
;Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy:
* Subfamily Tergipedinae: synonym of Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
References
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