Trinchesiidae
| Trinchesiidae | |
|---|---|
| dorsal view of Trinchesia caerulea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae Nordsieck, 1972 |
| Genera | |
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Trinchesiidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]
Taxonomic history
This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2]
In yet another study, Korshunova et al., 2025 conducted a mass reassessment of Aeolidacea taxa and proposed to reverse previous motions that "lumped" taxa together indiscriminately, in addition to reinstating many genera that those previous had decided belonged in synonymy.[3] While The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has cited Korshunova et al., 2025 across other taxonomic adjustments, in regards to the precise allocation of species and genera within Trinchesiidae, who is possibly the most controversed Aeolidean family with papers being published nearly every year from opposing camps, there has yet to be adjustments made.[4] As always, Wikipedia defers to the standards set in place by WoRMS, and the lists below will not update unless WoRMS does.
Genera
Genera within the family Trinchesiidae include:
- Catriona Winckworth, 1941
- Diaphoreolis Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
- Phestilla Bergh, 1874
- Rubramoena Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
- Selva Edmunds, 1964
- Tenellia A. Costa, 1866
- Trinchesia Ihering, 1879
- Zelentia Ihering, 1879 - Inactive taxon, now synonymous with Tenellia
- Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy
- Narraeolida Burn, 1961 synonym of Trinchesia Ihering, 1879
- Toorna Burn, 1964: synonym of Trinchesia Ihering, 1879
References
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Picton, B.; Gofas, S. (2017). Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01
- ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
- ^ 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,
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151283 on 2026-03-05
External links
- Media related to Trinchesiidae at Wikimedia Commons