Tochuina nigromaculata

Tochuina nigromaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Tochuina
Species:
T. nigromaculata
Binomial name
Tochuina nigromaculata
(Roginskaya, 1984)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tritonia nigromaculata Roginskaya, 1984

Tochuina nigromaculata is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]

Taxonomy

Originally described as a Tritonia this species was moved to the revised genus, Tochuina, in 2020 as a result of an integrative study of the family Tritoniidae.[3]

Distribution

Tochuina nigromaculata was described from the Okhotsk Sea. It is a deep water species.

References

  1. ^ Roginskaya I.S. (1984). A new species of deep-sea Tritoniidae (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Dendronotacea) from the slope of Kurile Islands. Trans. Shirshov Instit. Ocean. Acad. Sci. USSR. 119: 99–105.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tochuina nigromaculata (Roginskaya, 1984). Accessed on 2021-01-06.
  3. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.