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Trinchesia cuanensis\u00a0 <\/em>Korshunova, Picton, Furfaro, Mariottini, Pontes, Prki\u0107, Fletcher, Malmberg, Lundin & Martynov, 2019<\/h3>\n

\"Trinchesia<\/div>
Trinchesia cuanensis @ L'Escala, Girona<\/em> by Enric Madrenas<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Trinchesia cuanensis<\/em> Korshunova, Picton, Furfaro, Mariottini, Pontes, Prki\u0107, Fletcher, Malmberg, Lundin & Martynov, 2019<\/strong><\/div>

Current classification<\/h4>
Superdomain<\/th>Biota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kingdom<\/th>Animalia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/th>Mollusca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/th>Gastropoda<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subclass<\/th>Heterobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraclass<\/th>Euthyneura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subterclass<\/th>Ringipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superorder<\/th>Nudipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Order<\/th>Nudibranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Suborder<\/th>Aeolidina<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Fionoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Trinchesiidae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Trinchesia<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Trinchesia cuanensis<\/em> Korshunova, Picton, Furfaro, Mariottini, Pontes, Prki\u0107, Fletcher, Malmberg, Lundin & Martynov, 2019<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [1343993<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Description
\n<\/strong>Narrow body, up to 15 mm in length, basally coloured whitish to light greenish, sometimes with a difuse pigment of the same colour scattered over the body, but never forming any continuous dorsal white band. Smooth rhinophores, about 2 times longer than the oral tentacles, both with a diffuse white pigment, sometimes yellowish, but never of an intense orange colour. Up to 10 rows of cerata, commonly with four ceratal rows anterior. The cerata are basally blackish to dark grayish (no green colour) with a narrow dotted orange or a yellowish band, then a dark blue broad band, followed by a narrow dark band, and towards the top of cerata there is broad orange or yellow band. The tips of the cerata are clear with a translucent cnidosac. Anus located between the 4th and 5th ceratal rows on the right side. The foot is narrow, anteriorly with short foot corners.<\/p>\n

Biology
\n<\/strong>Lives in stony, relatively shallow areas, at 10\u201320 m depth. Feeds on hydrozoans Sertularella polyzonias<\/em>, and possibly other Sertularella<\/em> species.The egg mass is a spiral cord forming a minimum of 2 whorls, or an irregular cord. Number of eggs is commonly more than 300.<\/p>\n

Etymology<\/strong><\/p>\n