Tritoniella belli

Tritoniella belli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Tritoniella
Species:
T. belli
Binomial name
Tritoniella belli
Eliot, 1907[1]
Synonyms

Tritoniella sinuata Eliot, 1907

Tritoniella belli is a species of the nudibranch genus Tritoniella. The species was described together with its synonym Tritoniella sinuata in 1907 by the British diplomat and malacologist Charles Eliot.[1] It is found in the Southern Ocean along the coast of Antarctica and along the southern parts of the Scotia Arc in depths between 5 m (20 ft) and 700 m (2,300 ft).[2]

Synonymy

Tritoniella sinuata was synonymized by Wägele in 1989 after she found that differentiation by the characters Eliot described was impossible. She argued, that differences between specimens were caused by fixation and individual variability. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Appeltans, Ward (2019). "Tritoniella Eliot, 1907". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ Rudman, W.B (1999). "Tritoniella belli Eliot, 1907". Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ Wägele, H. (1989). "On the anatomy and zoogeography of Tritoniella belli Eliot, 1907 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) and the synonymy of T. sinuata Eliot, 1907". Polar Biology. 9 (4): 235–243. doi:10.1007/BF00263771.

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