{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Tergipes |authority=Cuvier, 1805{{no-gastropod-genus-ref}}<ref>Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. (1805). Mémoire sur la ''Scyllee'', l'''Eolide'' et le ''Glaucus'', avec des additions au mémoire sur la ''Tritonie''. Annales de Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6:416-436, pl. 61.</ref> | image = Tergipes-tergipes.jpg | image_caption = The nudibranch ''Tergipes tergipes'', Gulen Dive Centre, Norway. }}
'''''Tergipes''''' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tergipedidae.<ref>Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138546 ''Tergipes'' Cuvier, 1805.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-12-10</ref> ''Tergipes'' is the type genus of the family Tergipedidae.<ref>{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref>
== Species == Species within the genus ''Tergipes'' include: * ''Tergipes antarcticus'' <small>Pelseneer, 1903</small> * ''Tergipes edwardsii'' <small>Nordmann, 1844</small> * ''Tergipes tergipes'' <small>(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)</small>
Species names currently considered to be synonyms: * ''Tergipes adspersus'' <small>Nordmann, 1845</small> synonym of ''Tenellia adspersa'' <small>(Nordmann, 1845)</small> * ''Tergipes affinis'' <small>d'Orbigny, 1837</small> synonym of ''Doto affinis'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1837)</small> * ''Tergipes capellinii'' <small>Trinchese, 1879</small> synonym of ''Eubranchus capellinii'' <small>(Trinchese, 1879)</small> * ''Tergipes despectus'' <small>(Johnston, 1835)</small> synonym of ''Tergipes tergipes'' <small>(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)</small> * ''Tergipes doriae'' <small>(Trinchese, 1874)</small> synonym of ''Capellinia doriae'' <small>(Trinchese, 1874)</small> * ''Tergipes fustifer'' <small>Lovén, 1846</small> synonym of ''Capellinia fustifera'' <small>(Lovén, 1846)</small> * ''Tergipes lacinulatus'' <small>de Blainville, 1824</small> synonym of ''Tergipes tergipes'' <small>(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)</small> * ''Tergipes lacinulatus'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> synonym of ''Doris lacinulata'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> * ''Tergipes pulcher'' <small>Johnston, 1834</small> synonym of ''Limacia clavigera'' <small>(O. F. Müller, 1776)</small> * ''Tergipes rupium'' <small>Møller, 1842</small> synonym of ''Eubranchus rupium'' <small>(Møller, 1842)</small> * ''Tergipes valentini'' <small>(Eliot, 1907)</small> synonym of ''Cuthona valentini''<ref>Schrödl, M. 2003. Sea slugs of southern South America. ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</ref>
== Ecology == Species of ''Tergipes'' feed on hydroids, as reflected by the serrated radula.<ref>{{cite journal| issue= 2|year=1991 | url = http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/181/2/248 | journal = Biological Bulletin | volume =181 | title =Coexistence of hydroid eating nudibranchs: do feeding biology and habitat use matter? | author = Walter J. Lambert|pages= 248–260| doi= 10.2307/1542096|jstor=1542096 | pmid=29304644 }}</ref> A recent study showed that ''Tergipes tergipes'' is an amphi-atlantic species.<ref>Cámara, S., Carmona, L., Cella, K., Ekimova, I., Martynov, A., & Cervera, J. L., (2014). [http://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu015 ''Tergipes tergipes'' (Förskal, 1775) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is an amphiatlantic species.] Journal of Molluscan Studies (2014) 80: 642–646. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu015</ref>
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Category:Tergipedidae Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier