Trinchesia foliata
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| The nudibranch Trinchesia foliata, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. foliata
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Trinchesia foliata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
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 , Sertularella gayi, Sertularella polyzonias and family Sertulariidae.[5]
References[]
- ^ Forbes, E.; Goodsir, J. (1839). Notice of zoological researches in Orkney and Shetland during the month of June 1839. The Athenaeum 618: 647.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-01
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
- ^ Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H. (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Trinchesiidae
- Gastropods described in 1839
- Taxa named by Edward Forbes