Trinchesia akibai

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

Trinchesia akibai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Trinchesiidae
Genus:
Trinchesia
Species:
T. akibai
Binomial name
Trinchesia akibai
(Baba, 1984)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona akibai Baba, 1984

Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 8 mm.[2]

References
  1. Baba, K. (1984). A new species of the genus Cuthona (s.l.) (Nudibranchia: Eolidacea) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology 43(2):125-128.
  2. Imamotu, J. (2015). Photograph of Cuthona akibai - Manazuru, Sagami Bay.
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