Tergipes

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]

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

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. 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
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