Tritonia (gastropod) explained

Tritonia is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.^[1]

Tritonia is the type genus of the family Tritoniidae.

Species

Species within the genus Tritonia include:^[2]

• The type species is Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803

• Tritonia antarctica Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886
• Tritonia australis (Bergh, 1898)
• Tritonia bollandi Smith & Gosliner, 2003
• Tritonia callogorgiae Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020
• Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884 - synonyms:Tritonia appendiculata (Eliot, 1905)
• Tritonia coralliumrubri Doneddu, Sacco & Trainito, 2014
• Tritonia dantarti Ballesteros & Avila 2006
• Tritonia episcopalis Bouchet, 1977
• Tritonia exsulans Bergh, 1894
• Tritonia festiva (Stearns, 1873)
• Tritonia flemingi (Powell, 1937)
• Tritonia griegi Odhner, 1922
• Tritonia hirondelle Ortea & Moro, 2020
• Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
• Tritonia incerta Bergh, 1904
• Tritonia indecora Bergh, 1907
• Tritonia ingolfiana (Bergh, 1899)
• Tritonia newfoundlandica Valdés, Murillo, McCarthy & Yedinak, 2017
• Tritonia odhneri Er. Marcus, 1959
• Tritonia olivacea Bergh, 1905
• Tritonia pallescens Eliot, 1906
• Tritonia pallida Stimpson, 1855
• Tritonia poirieri (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1891)
• Tritonia peregrina (Lamarck, 1819)
• Tritonia primorjensis Minichev, 1971
• Tritonia psoloides (Aurivillius, 1887)
• Tritonia punctata (Dalyell, 1853)
• Tritonia sp. 1 soft coral nudibranch^[3]
  • Tritonia sp. 2 brush nudibranch Tritonia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846)
• Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788)
• Tritonia villafranca (Vayssière, 1901)
• Tritonia vorax (Odhner, 1926)

Synonyms:

• Tritonia acuminata Costa A., 1840: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
• Tritonia alba Alder & Hancock, 1854: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
• Tritonia appendiculata Eliot, 1905: synonym of Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884
• Tritonia ascanii Møller, 1842: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
• Tritonia atrofusca MacGillivray, 1843: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
• Tritonia aurantiaca (Barnard, 1927): accepted as Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828)
• Tritonia aurantiacum [sic]: synonym of Tritonia aurantiaca (Barnard, 1927) accepted as Tritonia plebeia G. Johnston, 1828
• Tritonia bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Tritonicula bayeri (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Tritonia blainvillea Risso, 1818: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
• Tritonia cincta Pruvot-Fol, 1937: synonym of Tritoniopsis cincta (Pruvot-Fol, 1937)
• Tritonia conifera Dalyell, 1853: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803 (dubious synonym)
• Tritonia costae Vérany, 1846: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
• Tritonia cucullata Couthouy in Gould, 1852: synonym of Marionia cucullata (Couthouy, 1852) (original combination)
• Tritonia cyanobranchiata Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828: synonym of Marionia cyanobranchiata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (original combination)
• Tritonia decaphylla Cantraine, 1835: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
• Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894: synonym of Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788)
• Tritonia divaricata Dalyell, 1853: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
• Tritonia elegans Audouin, 1826: synonym of Tritoniopsis elegans (Audouin, 1826) (original combination)
• Tritonia eriosi Ev. Marcus, 1983: synonym of Tritonia odhneri Er. Marcus, 1959
• Tritonia felina Alder & Hancock, 1842: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
• Tritonia gibbosa Risso, 1818: synonym of Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) (original combination)
• Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904: synonym of Tochuina gigantea (Bergh, 1904) (original combination)
• Tritonia glama Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828: synonym of Marionia glama (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (original combination)
• Tritonia gracilis (Risso, 1826): synonym of Duvaucelia manicata Deshayes, 1853
• Tritonia hamnerorum Gosliner & Ghiselin, 1987: synonym of Tritonicula hamnerorum (Gosliner & Ghiselin, 1987)
• Tritonia hombergi [sic]: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803 (misspelling)
• Tritonia khaleesi F. V. Silva, Azevedo & Matthews-Cascon, 2014: synonym of Marianina khaleesi (Silva, de Azevedo et Matthews-Cascon, 2014)
• Tritonia lactea W. Thompson, 1840: synonym of Dendronotus lacteus (W. Thompson, 1840) (original combination)
• Tritonia lineata Alder & Hancock, 1848: synonym of Duvaucelia lineata (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Tritonia manicata Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Duvaucelia manicata (Deshayes, 1853)
• Tritonia meyeri Vérany, 1862: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
• Tritonia moesta Bergh, 1884: synonym of Duvaucelia manicata Deshayes, 1853
• Tritonia myrakeenae Bertsch & Mozqueira, 1986: synonym of Tritonicula myrakeenae (Bertsch & Osuna, 1986)
• Tritonia nigritigris Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018: synonym of Tochuina nigritigris (Valdés, Lundsten & Wilson, 2018)
• Tritonia nigromaculata Roginskaya, 1984: synonym of Tochuina nigromaculata (Roginskaya, 1984)
• Tritonia nilsodhneri Marcus Ev., 1983: synonym of Duvaucelia odhneri J. Tardy, 1963
• Tritonia papalotla Bertsch, Valdés & Gosliner, 2009: synonym of Trivettea papalotla (Bertsch, Valdés & Gosliner, 2009) (original combination)
• Tritonia pickensi Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Tritonicula pickensi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Tritonia plebeia G. Johnston, 1828: synonym of Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828)
• Tritonia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1842: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
• Tritonia pulchra G. Johnston, 1828: synonym of Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828)
• Tritonia pustulosa Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
• Tritonia quadrilatera Philippi, 1844: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
• Tritonia reticulata Bergh, 1882: synonym of Tritonia festiva (Stearns, 1873)
• Tritonia reynoldsii Couthouy, 1838: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (dubious synonym)
• Tritonia rubra Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828: synonym of Marionia rubra (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (original combination)
• Tritonia striata Haefelfinger, 1963: synonym of Duvaucelia striata (Haefelfinger, 1963)
• Tritonia taliartensis Ortea & Moro, 2009: synonym of Duvaucelia taliartensis (Ortea & Moro, 2009)
• Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788) sensu Bergh, 1879: synonym of Tochuina gigantea (Bergh, 1904)
• Tritonia thethydea Delle Chiaje, 1841: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
• Tritonia varicosa W. Turton, 1825: synonym of Tritia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825) (original combination)
• Tritonia wellsi Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Tritonicula wellsi (Er. Marcus, 1961)

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Tritonia Cuvier, 1798. Accessed on 2021-01-06.
2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
3. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa