Tritonia hombergii is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]
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| Drawing of Tritonia hombergii from Kunstformen der Natur (1904) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Tritonia |
| Species: | T. hombergii
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| Tritonia hombergii | |
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Tritonia hombergii is the type species of the genus Tritonia.
Distribution edit
This species was described from Le Havre, France. It is frequently found in the NE Atlantic Ocean feeding on the soft coral Alcyonium digitatum.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Cuvier G.L., (1803). Mémoire sur le genre Tritonia, avec la description et l'anatomie d'une espèce nouvelle, Tritonia hombergii. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle : 1:480-496, pl. 31-32.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803. Accessed on 2021-01-07.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 16) Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Tritonia hombergii (Cuvier, 1803). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2021-01-07.
External links edit
- Photos of Tritonia hombergii on Sealife Collection