Trinchesia macquariensis explained

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

Distribution

This species was described from Buckles Bay, Macquarie Island, -54.4969°N 158.9353°W.

Description

The adult size of this species is up to 5 mm in length.^[2]

External links

• Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174

Notes and References

1. Picton, B. (2017). Trinchesia macquariensis Burn, 1973. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037057 on 2017-12-06
2. Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174.