Catriona alpha

Catriona alpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Species:
C. alpha
Binomial name
Catriona alpha
Baba & Hamatani, 1963[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona alpha Baba & Hamatani, 1963 (original combination)
  • Trinchesia alpha Baba & Hamatani, 1963

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

Distribution

This species was described from the shore of Kozuchi-jima near the Tamano Marine Laboratory, Tamano, Inland Sea of Seto, Japan; it also occurs off New Zealand.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 13–15 mm.[3]

References

  1. ^ Baba K. & Hamatani I. (1963). A cuthonid, Cuthona alpha n. sp., with a radula of Catriona type (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 11(2): 339-343. [31 December 1963]
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Trinchesia alpha (Baba & Hamatani, 1963). Accessed through: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1636800 on 2026-03-02
  3. ^ Photograph of Trinchesia alpha - Uozu, Toyama Bay.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch