Tergipedidae
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Tergipedidae is a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of seaslugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusks in the clade Nudibranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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Taxonomy

The Tergipedidae family is classified within the clade Aeolidida
Aeolidida
The Aeolidida is a taxonomic clade of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia.-Taxonomy:*Superfamily Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889**Family Flabellinidae**Family Notaeolidiidae...

, itself belonging to the clade
Clade
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 Cladobranchia
Cladobranchia
The Cladobranchia are a taxonomic clade of nudibranch sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Dexiarchia.-Taxonomy:**Family Charcotiidae**Family Dironidae**Family Dotidae**Family Embletoniidae**Family Goniaeolididae**Family Heroidae...

 within the clade Nudibranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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The family Tergipedidae consists of the following subfamilies:
  • Tergipedinae Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....

    , 1889
  • Cuthoninae Odhner
    Nils Hjalmar Odhner
    Nils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...

    , 1934 - synonym: Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Precuthoninae Odhner
    Nils Hjalmar Odhner
    Nils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...

    , 1968 - synonym: Cuthonellinae M. C. Miller, 1977

Genera

Genera within the family Tergipedidae include:

subfamily Tergipedinae
  • Tergipes
    Tergipes
    Tergipes is a genus of nudibranch in the family Tergipedidae.Tergipes is the type genus of the family Tergipedidae.- Species :Species within the genus Tergipes include:* Tergipes antarcticus Pelseneer, 1903...

    Cuvier, 1805 - type genus of the family Tergipedidae


subfamily Cuthoninae
  • Cuthona
    Cuthona
    Cuthona is a genus of nudibranch in the family Tergipedidae. It feeds on hydroids, and has polydentate radular teeth.Cuthona is the type genus of the subfamily Cuthoninae.- Species :Species in the genus Cuthona include:* Cuthona abronia...

    Alder & Hancock, 1855 - type genus of the subfamily Cuthoninae
  • Trinchesia Ihering, 1879
    • Trinchesia divanica Martynov, 2002
    • Trinchesia lenkae Martynov, 2002


subfamily Precuthoninae
  • Precuthona Odhner, 1929 - type genus of the subfamily Precuthoninae, synonym: Cuthonella Bergh, 1884


subfamily ?
  • Catriona Winckworth, 1941
    • Catriona casha Gosliner & Griffiths, 1981
    • Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)
    • Catriona maua Marcus Ev. & Er., 1960
    • Catriona rickettsi Behrens, 1984
  • Guyvalvoria Vayssière, 1906
    • Guyvalvoria gruzovi Martynov, 2006
    • Guyvalvoria savinkini Martynov, 2006
  • Murmania Martynov, 2006
    • Murmania antiqua Martynov, 2006
  • Phestilla Bergh, 1874
    • Phestilla hakunamatata Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003
    • Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
    • Phestilla melanobrachia
      Phestilla melanobrachia
      Phestilla melanobrachia is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae.There are known two color forms of Phestilla melanobrachia: black and orange....

      Bergh, 1874
    • Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981
    • Phestilla panamica Rudman, 1982
  • Tenellia
    Tenellia
    Tenellia is a genus of sea slugs, aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tergipedidae.- Species :Species within the genus Tenellia include:* Tenellia adspersa * Tenellia fuscata...

    A. Costa, 1866
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