Trinchesia kanga

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Trinchesia kanga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. kanga
Binomial name
Trinchesia kanga
Edmunds, 1970 [1]
Synonyms
  • Tenellia kangaEdmunds, 1970
  • Cuthona kangaEdmunds, 1970

Trinchesia kanga 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 President's Jetty, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It has been reported from Réunion Island. [3]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5 mm. It has been reported to grow to 12 mm. [3]

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References

  1. Edmunds, M. (1970). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London. 39: 15-57
  2. Picton, B.; Sartori, André F. (2017). Trinchesia kanga Edmunds, 1970. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765012 on 2017-12-06
  3. 1 2 Bidgrain, P., (2016). Cuthona kanga In: Sea slugs from South West Indian Ocean.