Trinchesia kanga is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Trinchesia |
| Species: | T. kanga
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| Binomial name | |
| Trinchesia kanga Edmunds, 1970[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the President's Jetty, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It has been reported from Réunion Island.[3]
Description
editThe typical adult size of this species is 5 mm. It has been reported to grow to 12 mm.[3]
References
edit- ^ Edmunds, M. (1970). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London. 39: 15-57
- ^ Picton, B.; Sartori, André F. (2017). Trinchesia kanga Edmunds, 1970. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765012 on 2017-12-06
- ^ a b Bidgrain, P., (2016). Cuthona kanga In: Sea slugs from South West Indian Ocean.
- Gosliner, T. 1987. Nudibranchs of southern Africa: A guide to Opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa Sea. Challengers, Monterey.