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
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 Capellinia doriae (Trinchese, 1874)
• Tergipes fustifer Lovén, 1846 synonym of Capellinia fustifera (Lovén, 1846)
• 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]