Tergipes

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Tergipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Nudipleura
Clade: Nudibranchia
Clade: Cladobranchia
Family: Tergipedidae
Genus: Tergipes
Cuvier, 1805

Tergipes is a genus of nudibranch in the family Tergipedidae.

Tergipes is the type genus of the family Tergipedidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Tergipes include:

  • Tergipes antarcticus Pelseneer, 1903[2]
  • Tergipes edwardsii Nordmann, 1844[3]
  • Tergipes murmania Martynov, 2006[4]
  • Tergipes tergipes (Forskål, 1775)[5]
  • Tergipes valentini (Eliot, 1907)[6]

Ecology

It feeds on hydroids (sea anemones), as reflected by its serrated radula.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tergipes antarcticus Pelseneer, 1903. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533486 on 2011-05-20
  3. ↑ Gofas, S. (2010). Tergipes edwardsii Nordmann, 1844. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141640 on 2011-05-20
  4. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Tergipes murmania Martynov, 2006. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367563 on 2011-05-20
  5. ↑ Gofas, S. (2011). Tergipes tergipes (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141641 on 2011-05-20
  6. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tergipes valentini (Eliot, 1907). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533487 on 2011-05-20
  7. ↑ 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. 
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