''Tergipes'' is a
genus of
sea slugs, specifically
aeolid nudibranchs,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the
family Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea (according to the of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomic history
The bratos in this family were moved to the fam ...
.
''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
''Tenellia adspersa'', common name the miniature aeolis, is a species of very small sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fionidae. It is the type species of the genus ''Tenellia''.
In Britain this solitary s ...
''
(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
''Eubranchus rupium'', the green balloon aeolid, is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Greenland. It is reported from the North Atlantic Oce ...
''
(Møller, 1842)
* ''Tergipes valentini''
(Eliot, 1907) synonym of ''
Cuthona valentini
Ecology
Species of ''Tergipes'' feed on
hydroids, as reflected by the serrated
radula
The radula (, ; plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food ...
.
A recent study showed that ''Tergipes tergipes'' is an
amphi-atlantic species.
[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
References
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Tergipedidae
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier