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Tergipes

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Tergipes
The nudibranch Tergipes tergipes, Gulen Dive Centre, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
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

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Species within the genus Tergipes include:

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

Ecology

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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

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  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. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 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. JSTOR 1542096. PMID 29304644.
  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