Biology:Trinchesia caerulea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trinchesia caerulea
Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804).jpg
Trinchesia caerulea, Mediterranean form
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. caerulea
Binomial name
Trinchesia caerulea
(Montagu, 1804)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804
  • Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804)

Trinchesia caerulea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Devon, England . It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Norway south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. Records from Brazil and Florida probably represent a different species.[3][4]

The nudibranch Trinchesia caerulea, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Description

The typical size of this species is 10–15 mm and the maximum recorded length is 26 mm.[5]

Habitat

Found from the intertidal zone to 270 m.[5] Trinchesia caerulea feeds on hydroids of the genus Sertularella.[3]

References

  1. Montagu, George. 1804. [for 1802]. Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 7:61-85, pls. 6-7.
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona caerulea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-26
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2016. Trinchesia caerulea. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 20) Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures

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