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Trinchesia beta

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Trinchesia beta
Trinchesia beta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. beta
Binomial name
Trinchesia beta
(Baba & Abe, 1964)[1]
Synonyms
  • Catriona beta Baba & Abe, 1964
  • Cuthona beta (Baba & Abe, 1964)
  • Tenellia beta (Baba & Abe, 1964)

Trinchesia beta is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from the vicinity of the Noto marine laboratory, Ogi, Toyama Bay with additional specimens from Kannonzaki and Tsukumo Bay, Hosu-gun, Noto-cho, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is also reported from Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima.[3]

Description

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The typical adult size of this species is 4–10 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Baba, K. & Abe, T. (1964). A catrionid, Catriona beta n. sp., with a radula of Cuthona type (Nudibranchia-Eolidoidea). Annual Report of the Noto Marine Biological Laboratory, 4: 9-14.
  2. ^ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Trinchesia beta (Baba & Abe, 1964). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599245 on 2017-12-06
  3. ^ a b Photograph of Cuthona beta - Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima. Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  • Baba, K.; Abe, T. (1964). A catrionid, Catriona beta n. sp., with a radula of Cuthona type (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea). Annual Report of the Noto Marine Laboratory. 4:9-14, pl. 1
  • Miller, M. C. (2004). An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Journal of Natural History 38: 1183-1192
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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