Tergipes

Tergipes
The nudibranch Tergipes tergipes, Gulen Dive Centre, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Heterobranchia
Clade:Euthyneura
Clade:Nudipleura
Order:Nudibranchia
Clade:Dexiarchia
Infraorder:Cladobranchia
Clade:Aeolidida
Superfamily:Fionoidea
Family:Tergipedidae
Genus:Tergipes
Cuvier, 1805[1]

Tergipes is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tergipedidae.[2] Tergipes is the type genus of the family Tergipedidae.[3]

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 [4]

Ecology

Species of Tergipes feed on hydroids, as reflected by the serrated radula.[5] A recent study showed that Tergipes tergipes is an amphi-atlantic species.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tergipes Cuvier, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-12-10
  3. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ↑ Schrödl, M. 2003. Sea slugs of southern South America. ConchBooks, Hackenheim.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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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