Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Fionoidea > Family Tergipedidae > Genus Tergipes

Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Limax Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tergipes*	Cuvier, 1805	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Aeolis neglecta*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Eolidia despecta*	G. Johnston, 1835	synonym
*Tergipes lacinulatus*	Blainville, 1824	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: slanke knotsslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: Johnston's balloon eolis

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
additional source	Camara, S.; Carmona, L.; Cella, K.; Ekimova, I.; Martynov, A.; Cervera, J. L. (2014). Tergipes tergipes (Forskal, 1775) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is an amphiatlantic species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80(5): 642-646.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål, 1775). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141641