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Tergipes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Heterobranchia

Clade
  
Nudipleura

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Euthyneura

Order
  
Nudibranchia

Rank
  
Genus

Tergipes

Similar
  
Eubranchus, Eubranchus tricolor, Fiona pinnata, Tergipedidae, Cuthona

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.

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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 Eubranchus doriae (Trinchese, 1874)
  • Tergipes fustifer Lovén, 1846 synonym of Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
  • 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

    Tergipes Wikipedia
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