Tritonia hirondelle is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2][3]
| Tritonia hirondelle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Tritonia |
| Species: | T. hirondelle
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritonia hirondelle Ortea & Moro, 2020[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was found off the island of Fogo in the Cape Verde islands, at 260 m depth, 14°50′N 024°28′W / 14.833°N 24.467°W on a bright yellow octocoral, Acanthogorgia sp.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Ortea J. & Moro L. (2020). El FS Poseidon rinde homenaje al Hirondelle: descripción de una nueva especie de Tritonia Cuvier, 1798 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de las aguas profundas de las islas de Cabo Verde para celebrar las singladuras de un yate carismático. Avicennia. 27: 29-34.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tritonia hirondelle Ortea & Moro, 2020. Accessed on 2021-01-11.
- ^ Gosliner, Terrence; Ghiselin, Michael (May 1987). "A new species of Tritonia (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda) from the Caribbean sea". Bulletin of Marine Science. 40 (3): 428–436 – via ResearchGate.