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Trinchesia kuiteri

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(Redirected from Tenellia kuiteri) Species of gastropod

Trinchesia kuiteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species: T. kuiteri
Binomial name
Trinchesia kuiteri
(Rudman, 1981)
Synonyms
  • Tenellia kuiteri (Rudman, 1981)
  • Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981
  • Trinchesia kuiterorum (Rudman, 1981) (unjustified emendation)

Trinchesia kuiteri is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Green Point, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

Ecology

Trinchesia kuiteri feeds on the sponge associated solitary hydroid Zyzzyzus spongicola. In a remarkable adaptation the cerata have tentacle-like filaments which mimic the tentacles of the hydroid.

References

  1. Rudman, W.B. (1981) Polyp mimicry in a new species of aeolid nudibranch mollusc. Journal of Zoology, London, 193: 421-427.
  2. Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Trinchesia kuiteri (Rudman, 1981). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847704 on 2017-12-06
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1998 (October 14) Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  • Coleman N. (2008) Nudibranchs encyclopedia, catalogue of Asia/Indo-Pacific sea slugs. Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia, 416 pp
Taxon identifiers
Cuthona kuiteri
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