Trinchesia akibai is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Trinchesia akibai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Trinchesia |
Species: | T. akibai
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Binomial name | |
Trinchesia akibai | |
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.
Description
editThe typical adult size of this species is 8 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ Baba, K. (1984). A new species of the genus Cuthona (s.l.) (Nudibranchia: Eolidacea) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology 43(2):125-128.
- ^ Imamotu, J. (2015). Photograph of Cuthona akibai - Manazuru, Sagami Bay.