Tochuina tetraquetra

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Tochuina tetraquetra
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A live individual of Tochuina tetraquetra, in situ , head end towards the camera
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T. tetraquetra
Binomial name
Tochuina tetraquetra
(Pallas, 1788) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Limax tetraquetraPallas, 1788 (basionym)
  • Tritonia diomedeaBergh, 1894
  • Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904

Tochuina tetraquetra, common name the giant orange tochui, is a species of sea slug, a tritonid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae. [2]

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Bergh (1879) used the name Tritonia tetraquetra in a sense different from Pallas (1788). The oldest valid name for Tochuina tetraquetra sensu Bergh, 1879 is Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904. [2]

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References

  1. Pallas P. S. (1788). "Marina varia nova et rariora". Nova Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop.2: 229-250.
  2. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Tochuina tetraquetra. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248351 on 2012-06-03

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