Trinchesia kanga

Trinchesia kanga is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Trinchesia kanga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. kanga
Binomial name
Trinchesia kanga
Edmunds, 1970[1]
Synonyms
  • Tenellia kanga Edmunds, 1970
  • Cuthona kanga Edmunds, 1970

Distribution

This species was described from the President's Jetty, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It has been reported from Réunion Island.[3]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5 mm. It has been reported to grow to 12 mm.[3]

References
  1. Edmunds, M. (1970). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London. 39: 15-57
  2. 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
  3. 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.
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