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:
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
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Tergipes adspersus Nordmann, 1845 synonym of Tenellia adspersa (Nordmann, 1845)
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Tergipes affinis d'Orbigny, 1837 synonym of Doto affinis (d'Orbigny, 1837)
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Tergipes capellinii Trinchese, 1879 synonym of Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879)
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Tergipes despectus (Johnston, 1835) synonym of Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
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Tergipes doriae (Trinchese, 1874) synonym of Capellinia doriae (Trinchese, 1874)
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Tergipes fustifer Lovén, 1846 synonym of Capellinia fustifera (Lovén, 1846)
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Tergipes lacinulatus de Blainville, 1824 synonym of Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
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Tergipes lacinulatus (Gmelin, 1791) synonym of Doris lacinulata Gmelin, 1791
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Tergipes pulcher Johnston, 1834 synonym of Limacia clavigera (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Tergipes rupium Møller, 1842 synonym of Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842)
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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
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^ 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.
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^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tergipes Cuvier, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-12-10
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^ 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.
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^ Schrödl, M. 2003. Sea slugs of southern South America. ConchBooks, Hackenheim.
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^ 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.
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^ 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
