Trinchesia acinosa

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Trinchesia acinosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. acinosa
Binomial name
Trinchesia acinosa
(Risbec, 1928) [1]
Synonyms

Aeolidia acinosa Risbec, 1928

Trinchesia acinosa is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.

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Distribution

This species was described from New Caledonia. It has been reported from Japan [2] and the Marshall Islands. [3]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 10–12 mm. The body is opaque white and the cerata, rhinophores, front of the head and oral tentacles are pale to bright orange. [4]

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References

  1. Risbec, J. (1928). Contribution a l'étude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens. Thèse présentée à la faculté des sciences de l'Université de Paris pour obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences naturelles. Faune des Colonies Française 2(1):1-328, pls. 1-12.
  2. Imamotu, J. (2015). Photographs of Cuthona acinosa. Amami-Ooshima Islands, Japan
  3. Johnson, S. & Johnson, J. (2009) Cuthona acinosa (Risbec, 1928) Underwater Kwajalein.
  4. Bolland, R. (2015). Photograph of Cuthona acinosa - Aka Island, Kerama Islands, Okinawa