Trinchesia alpha
| Trinchesia alpha | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. alpha
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| Binomial name | |
| Trinchesia alpha | |
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Cuthona alpha Baba & Hamatani, 1963 (original combination) | |
Trinchesia alpha is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from the shore of Kozuchi-jima near the Tamano Marine Laboratory, Tamano, Inland Sea of Seto, Japan; it also occurs off New Zealand.
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 13-15 mm.[3]
References
- ^ Baba K. & Hamatani I. (1963). A cuthonid, Cuthona alpha n. sp., with a radula of Catriona type (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 11(2): 339-343. [31 December 1963]
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Trinchesia alpha (Baba & Hamatani, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599244 on 2015-02-20
- ^ Photograph of Trinchesia alpha - Uozu, Toyama Bay.