Trinchesia beta

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Trinchesia beta
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Trinchesia beta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. beta
Binomial name
Trinchesia beta
(Baba & Abe, 1964) [1]
Synonyms
  • Catriona betaBaba & Abe, 1964
  • Cuthona beta(Baba & Abe, 1964)
  • Tenellia beta(Baba & Abe, 1964)

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

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Distribution

This species was described from the vicinity of the Noto marine laboratory, Ogi, Toyama Bay with additional specimens from Kannonzaki and Tsukumo Bay, Hosu-gun, Noto-cho, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is also reported from Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima. [3]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 4–10 mm. [3]

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References

  1. Baba, K. & Abe, T. (1964). A catrionid, Catriona beta n. sp., with a radula of Cuthona type (Nudibranchia-Eolidoidea). Annual Report of the Noto Marine Biological Laboratory, 4: 9-14.
  2. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Trinchesia beta (Baba & Abe, 1964). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599245 on 2017-12-06
  3. 1 2 Photograph of Cuthona beta - Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima. Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine