Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Terpios gelatinosus (Bowerbank, 1866)
Terpios gelatinosus (Bowerbank, 1866), also known as Terpios fugax is one of the few truly blue species occurring in Western Europe. It forms thin smooth sheets in the lower intertidal on the undersides of boulders and in the shallow sublittoral on rocks and other organisms. It may also be orange-yellow and then is difficult to distinguish from Prosuberites epiphytum or Pseudosuberites sulfureus. It is a southern species occurring from the North Sea coasts of Britain westwards over most of the British Isles and southwards along the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal into the Mediterranean.
Synonymised names
Hymedesmia tenuicula Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymedesmia tenuicula sensu Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymeniacidon gelatinosa Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Suberites tenuicula (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Terpios coerulea Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Terpios gelatinosa (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (correction of species name to...)
Terpios tenuiculus (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Terpios gelatinosus (Bowerbank, 1866), also known as Terpios fugax is one of the few truly blue species occurring in Western Europe. It forms thin smooth sheets in the lower intertidal on the undersides of boulders and in the shallow sublittoral on rocks and other organisms. It may also be orange-yellow and then is difficult to distinguish from Prosuberites epiphytum or Pseudosuberites sulfureus. It is a southern species occurring from the North Sea coasts of Britain westwards over most of the British Isles and southwards along the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal into the Mediterranean.
Synonymised names
Hymedesmia tenuicula Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymedesmia tenuicula sensu Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymeniacidon gelatinosa Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Suberites tenuicula (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Terpios coerulea Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Terpios gelatinosa (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (correction of species name to...)
Terpios tenuiculus (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
