Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Trinchesia speciosa

Also known as: Cuthona speciosa

Photographed by: Guido Zsilavecz

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Aeolidina
Family:	Tergipedidae
Species:	Trinchesia speciosa

This aeolid nudibranch is endemic to southern Africa. The red egg spirals probably belong to Rostanga elandsia.

Locality:

• South Africa
  • Cape Town (4) Jan, Mar
  • Port Elizabeth (1) Nov
• Kenya
  • Kilifi Creek (3) Jan, Sep, Oct
  • Watamu (1) Feb
• Indonesia
  • Flores (1) Oct
  • Bali (1) Apr

 

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