Tergipedidae Explained

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).

Taxonomic history

The bratos in this family were moved to the family Fionidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.^[1] 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.^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Tergipedidae include:^[3]

• Tergipes Cuvier, 1805

Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy:

• Subfamily Tergipedinae: synonym of Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01