Trinchesia iris

Trinchesia iris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. iris
Binomial name
Trinchesia iris
(Edmunds & Just, 1983)
Synonyms
  • Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983

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

Distribution

This species was described from the reef flat outside Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5–10 mm.

References

  1. ↑ Edmunds, M., & H. Just. 1983. Eolid nudibranchiate Mollusca from Barbados. Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(3):185-203.
  2. ↑ Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,