Trinchesia alpha

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Trinchesia alpha
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T. alpha
Binomial name
Trinchesia alpha
Baba & Hamatani, 1963 [1]
Synonyms

Cuthona alphaBaba & Hamatani, 1963 (original combination)

Contents

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

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References

  1. 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]
  2. 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
  3. Photograph of Trinchesia alpha - Uozu, Toyama Bay.