Trinchesia foliata

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Trinchesia foliata
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The nudibranch Trinchesia foliata, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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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. foliata
Binomial name
Trinchesia foliata
(Forbes & Goodsir, 1839) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eolidia foliataForbes & Goodsir, 1839
  • Eolis olivaceaAlder & Hancock, 1842
  • Cuthona foliata(Alder & Hancock, 1842)

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

Contents

Distribution

This species was described from Orkney, Scotland. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic, from the Faeroes and Norway south to Portugal, and in the Mediterranean Sea. [3]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 8–11 mm. [4]

Habitat

Trinchesia foliata feeds on hydroids. It has been reported from a number of hydroids including Dynamena pumila , Sertularella gayi , Sertularella polyzonias and Abietinaria abietina family Sertulariidae. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Forbes, E.; Goodsir, J. (1839). Notice of zoological researches in Orkney and Shetland during the month of June 1839. The Athenaeum 618: 647.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-01
  3. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
  4. ↑ Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H. (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures
  5. ↑ McDonald, G. R., & Nybakken, J. W. (1997). A worldwide review of the food of nudibranch mollusks. I. Introduction and the suborder Arminacea. Veliger 40(2):157-159. (supplement, p. 1- 426)
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