Trinchesia beta explained

Trinchesia beta is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.^[1]

Distribution

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.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 4–10 mm.^[2]

References

• 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.

External links

• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

Notes and References

1. 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
2. http://www.native-sea.umiushi.info/week/125.html Photograph of Cuthona beta - Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima.