Tergipes
Encyclopedia
Tergipes is a genus of nudibranch
in the family Tergipedidae
.
Tergipes is the type genus
of the family Tergipedidae.
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
in the family Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae is a family of seaslugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Nudibranchia .- Taxonomy :...
.
Tergipes is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the family Tergipedidae.
Species
Species within the genus Tergipes include:- Tergipes antarcticus Pelseneer, 1903
- Tergipes edwardsii Nordmann, 1844
- Tergipes murmania Martynov, 2006
- Tergipes tergipes (Forskål, 1775)
- Tergipes valentini (Eliot, 1907)