Tritonia coralliumrubri

Tritonia coralliumrubri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Tritonia
Species:
T. coralliumrubri
Binomial name
Tritonia coralliumrubri
Doneddu, Sacco & Trainito, 2014[1]

Tritonia coralliumrubri is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2] It feeds on the octocoral Corallium rubrum, the red coral.

Distribution

This species was found at Capo Caccia, Alghero, NW Sardinia, at 100 m depth, 40°59′N 008°11′E / 40.983°N 8.183°E / 40.983; 8.183.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Doneddu, M.; Sacco, F., Trainito, E. (2014). Una nuova specie di Tritonia Cuvier 1798 (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Tritoniidae) dalla Sardegna occidentale associata al corallo rosso mediterraneo, Corallium rubrum (Linnè, 1758). pp. 77-79, In: Trainito E., Doneddu M., 2014. Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. Il Castello, Cornaredo.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tritonia coralliumrubri Doneddu, Sacco & Trainito, 2014. Accessed on 2021-01-11.