Tritonia hirondelle

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Tritonia hirondelle
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Tritonia
Species:
T. hirondelle
Binomial name
Tritonia hirondelle
Ortea & Moro, 2020 [1]

Tritonia hirondelle is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae. [2] [3]

Distribution

This species was found off the island of Fogo in the Cape Verde islands, at 260 m depth, 14°50′N024°28′W / 14.833°N 24.467°W / 14.833; -24.467 on a bright yellow octocoral, Acanthogorgia sp. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ortea J. & Moro L. (2020). El FS Poseidon rinde homenaje al Hirondelle: descripción de una nueva especie de Tritonia Cuvier, 1798 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de las aguas profundas de las islas de Cabo Verde para celebrar las singladuras de un yate carismático. Avicennia. 27: 29-34.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Tritonia hirondelle Ortea & Moro, 2020. Accessed on 2021-01-11.
  3. Gosliner, Terrence; Ghiselin, Michael (May 1987). "A new species of Tritonia (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda) from the Caribbean sea". Bulletin of Marine Science. pp. 428–436 via ResearchGate.