Trinchesia longi

Trinchesia longi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. longi
Binomial name
Trinchesia longi
(Behrens, 1985)
Synonyms
  • Cuthona longi Behrens, 1985

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

Distribution

This species was described from Isla Raza, Baja California, Mexico, 28°48′00″N 113°00′00″W / 28.80000°N 113.00000°W / 28.80000; -113.00000.

Description

The adult size of this species is up to 32 mm in length. The cerata are cored with green digestive gland and have surface rings of pale blue, yellow-gold and red pigment and white tips.

References

  1. 1 2 Behrens, D. W. (1985). A new species of Cuthona from the Gulf of California. Veliger 27(4):418-422.
  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,
  3. ↑ Behrens, (2000). Cuthona longi at the Slug Site.