Tritonia bayeri

Tritonia bayeri
	dorsal view of Tritonia bayeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia; clade Dexiarchia; clade Cladobranchia; clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:	Tritonioidea
Family:	Tritoniidae
Genus:	Tritonia
Species:	T. bayeri
Binomial name
	Tritonia bayeri; Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Tritonia misa Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967[3]; Tritonia bayeri misa Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967

Tritonia bayeri is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Tritonia bayeri includes Georgia, Florida, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Guadaloupe, Barbados and Panama.[4]

Description

The shape of the body is elongate and narrow.[4] Rhinophoral sheaths are elevated with an irregular edge.[4] Cerata are relatively short and branched.[4] Edge of the oral veil is with relatively long appendages.[4] Rhinophores are long and branched.[4] Background color is translucent gray with a distinctive reticulate network of opaque white across the dorsum.[4] It is up to 11 mm long.[4][5]

Ecology

It was found on gorgonians and coral rubble in Panama.[4] Minimum recorded depth is 11 m.[5] It inhabits reefs down to 77 m depth.[5][4] This species feeds on the octocorals Briareum asbestinum, Leptogorgia virgulata and Pseudopterogorgia sp.[4]

References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[4]

Marcus E. d. B.-R. & Marcus E. (1967). "Tropical American opisthobranchs". Studies in Tropical Oceanography 6: 1-137.
Rosenberg, G. (2015). Tritonia bayeri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420626 on 2016-12-08
Marcus E. (d. B.-R.) & Marcus E. (1967). "Some opisthobranchs from Sapelo Island, Georgia, U. S. A." Malacologia 6: 199-222.
Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

http://www.seaslugforum.net/tritbaye.htm

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[1] Marcus E. d. B.-R. & Marcus E. (1967). "Tropical American opisthobranchs". Studies in Tropical Oceanography 6: 1-137.

[2] Rosenberg, G. (2015). Tritonia bayeri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420626 on 2016-12-08

[3] Marcus E. (d. B.-R.) & Marcus E. (1967). "Some opisthobranchs from Sapelo Island, Georgia, U. S. A." Malacologia 6: 199-222.

[Goodheart_2016-4] Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z

[Welch_2010-5] Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.