Trinchesia caerulea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
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| Trinchesia caerulea, Mediterranean form | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Trinchesia |
| Species: | T. caerulea
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| Trinchesia caerulea | |
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Devon, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Norway south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. Records from Brazil and Florida probably represent a different species.[3][4]
Description
editThe typical size of this species is 10–15 mm and the maximum recorded length is 26 mm.[5]
Habitat
editFound from the intertidal zone to 270 m.[5] Trinchesia caerulea feeds on hydroids of the genus Sertularella.[3]
References
edit- ^ Montagu, George. 1804. [for 1802]. Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 7:61-85, pls. 6-7.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona caerulea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-26
- ^ a b Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2016. Trinchesia caerulea. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 20) Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ a b Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures
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