Tyrinna delicata

Tyrinna delicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Tyrinna
Species: T. delicata
Binomial name
Tyrinna delicata
(Abraham, 1877)
Synonyms[1]

Chromodoris juvenca
Doris delicata
Tyrinna nobilis
Tyrinna pusae

Tyrinna delicata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 68 mm.[3]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.[3]

References

  1. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536910 on 2012-02-29
  2. Abraham P. 1877. Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 196-269 [agosto], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536910 on 2012-02-26
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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