{"id":30733,"date":"2020-11-08T19:55:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T18:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/?page_id=30733"},"modified":"2020-11-15T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T08:23:04","slug":"tritonia-callogorgiae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/nudibranchia\/tritonioidea\/tritonia-callogorgiae\/","title":{"rendered":"Tritonia callogorgiae"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tritonia callogorgiae<\/em>\u00a0 Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020<\/h3>\n

\"Tritonia<\/div>
Tritonia callogorgiae<\/em> by Flavio Oliva<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Tritonia callogorgiae<\/em> Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020<\/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>Tritonina<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Tritonioidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Tritoniidae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subfamily<\/th>Tritoniinae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Tritonia<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Tritonia callogorgiae<\/em> Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [1467867<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Description
\n<\/strong>Live specimens can measure up to 120 mm long. The body is thin with a background color ranging from yellow to reddish orange. The body is covered with white papillae scattered from veil to tail. The oral (or frontal) veil is a flattened contractile projection characterized by six finger-like processes, three on each side. The rhinophores are retractable and are formed by an central process surrounded by unipinnate white branches, protected by a calyx-shaped sheath with the same color pattern as the body. The specimens have 4 to 5 elongated gills on each side of the body, where they can be arranged asymmetrically. The basal part of the gills has the same coloration as the body, with the distal end of a translucent white color and divided into two main branches that, in turn, divide into two or three smaller branches, although some do not branch. The foot has the same coloring pattern as the body, it is elongated, narrow and with a tappered rear end.<\/p>\n

Biology
\n<\/strong>The Tritoniidae are a family of nudibranchs that have a very particular relationship with certain species of alcyonaceans and sea plumes, on which they feed, live and reproduce. A few species can feed on zoantaries. T. callogorgiae<\/em> is the first Mediterranean Tritonia<\/em> to live in deep water and the only one associated with the gorgonian Callogorgia verticillata<\/em>. All the specimens observed were found exclusively on C. verticillata<\/em> and, in addition, the analysis of the stomach contents revealed the presence of numerous sclerites, fragments of apical axes and partially digested polyps of C. verticillata<\/em>. The specimens can spend some time in the mud in search of a new colony to live or to reproduce, hence it is intuited that a habitat in good condition allows better ensuring the continuity of the species.<\/p>\n

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