Tergipes | |
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The nudibranch Tergipes tergipes, Gulen Dive Centre, Norway. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
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 within the genus Tergipes include:
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
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]
Tergipes | |
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The nudibranch Tergipes tergipes, Gulen Dive Centre, Norway. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
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 within the genus Tergipes include:
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
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]