Trinchesia akibai

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Trinchesia akibai is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.

Trinchesia akibai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. akibai
Binomial name
Trinchesia akibai
(Baba, 1984)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona akibai Baba, 1984

Distribution

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This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.

Description

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The typical adult size of this species is 8 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Baba, K. (1984). A new species of the genus Cuthona (s.l.) (Nudibranchia: Eolidacea) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology 43(2):125-128.
  2. ^ Imamotu, J. (2015). Photograph of Cuthona akibai - Manazuru, Sagami Bay.