Tritonia bayeri
| Tritonia bayeri | |
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| dorsal view of Tritonia bayeri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Tritonia |
| Species: | T. bayeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritonia bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tritonia misa Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967[3] | |
Tritonia bayeri is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.
Distribution
The distribution of Tritonia bayeri includes Georgia, Florida, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Guadaloupe, Barbados and Panama.[4]
Description
The shape of the body is elongate and narrow.[4] Rhinophoral sheaths are elevated with an irregular edge.[4] Cerata are relatively short and branched.[4] Edge of the oral veil is with relatively long appendages.[4] Rhinophores are long and branched.[4] Background color is translucent gray with a distinctive reticulate network of opaque white across the dorsum.[4] It is up to 11 mm long.[4][5]
Ecology
It was found on gorgonians and coral rubble in Panama.[4] Minimum recorded depth is 11 m.[5] It inhabits reefs down to 77 m depth.[5][4] This species feeds on the octocorals Briareum asbestinum, Leptogorgia virgulata and Pseudopterogorgia sp.[4]
References
This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[4]
- ↑ Marcus E. d. B.-R. & Marcus E. (1967). "Tropical American opisthobranchs". Studies in Tropical Oceanography 6: 1-137.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Tritonia bayeri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420626 on 2016-12-08
- ↑ Marcus E. (d. B.-R.) & Marcus E. (1967). "Some opisthobranchs from Sapelo Island, Georgia, U. S. A." Malacologia 6: 199-222.
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