Trinchesia kanga

Trinchesia kanga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. kanga
Binomial name
Trinchesia kanga
Edmunds, 1970[1]
Synonyms
  • Tenellia kanga Edmunds, 1970
  • Cuthona kanga Edmunds, 1970

Trinchesia kanga is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2][3]


Distribution

This species was described from the President's Jetty, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It has been reported from Réunion Island.[4]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5 mm. It has been reported to grow to 12 mm.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Edmunds, M. (1970). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London. 39: 15-57
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenellia kanga (Edmunds, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765136 on 2026-03-02
  3. ↑ 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,
  4. 1 2 Bidgrain, P., (2016). Cuthona kanga In: Sea slugs from South West Indian Ocean.
  • Gosliner, T. 1987. Nudibranchs of southern Africa: A guide to Opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa Sea. Challengers, Monterey.
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