Tergipedidae

Tergipedidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[2]

Tergipedidae
The nudibranch Tergipes tergipes, Gulen Dive Centre, Norway.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889[1]
Genera
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Taxonomic history

The bratos in this family were moved to the family Fionidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.^[3] This was reversed and the family Tergipedidae restricted to the one nominate genus in 2017 as a result of a re-evaluation of this study and further DNA results.^[4]

Genera

Genera within the family Tergipedidae include:^[5]

• Tergipes Cuvier, 1805

Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy

• Subfamily Tergipedinae: synonym of Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889

References

1. Bergh R. (1889). In: Carus. Prodromus faunae mediterraneae 2: 209.
2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
3. Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
4. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
5. Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01

External links

• Media related to Tergipedidae at Wikimedia Commons