Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Euthyneura | Phylum Mollusca Clade Heterobranchia Clade Nudipleura | |
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Tergipes tergipes is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
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Distribution
This species was described from Øresund, Denmark. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Iceland and Norway south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. Reports of the same species from Brazil should be treated with caution.
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 5-8 mm.
Habitat
Tergipes tergipes feeds on hydroids of the genus Obelia, especially Obelia geniculata. It is very similar in size and spawn shape to Eubranchus exiguus which often occurs on the same blades of kelp.
References
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