Thecacera picta
February 17, 2017
Trinchesia yamasui
February 18, 2017
Order : NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder : DEXIARCHIA
Infraorder : CLADOBRANCHIA
Parvorder : AEOLIDIDA
Superfamily : FIONOIDEA
Family : Fionidae
Under revision – For the moment ony ID as Trinchesia sp. 11 / Cuthona sp. 11
Cuthona sp. 11 has a translucent orange body with a diffuse blueish region between the first pair of cerata and the rhinophores and another diffuse blueish region between the oral tentacles. The smooth rhinophores are basal translucent, the upper third is translucent orange. The cerata are translucent orange with a diffuse purple region in the upper third, followed by a white subapical ring. The oral tentacles are basal translucent blueish, merging into white, the outer half is translucent orange. This animal lacks its posterior half behind the second pair of cerata.
It is only known from this picture of a 3 mm specimen, the total length including the lacking part might have been 6-9 mm.
