Silva, Felipe De Vasconcelos;Pola, Marta;Cervera, Juan Lucas
Tritoniidae
Sign in to saveTritoniidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, and the only member of the superfamily Tritonioidea and the suborder Tritoniacea. This family includes some of the largest known nudibranchs, with the NE Atlantic species Tritonia hombergii reaching 20 cm in length.
Species
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyTritoniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 79
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Tritoniidae
- Collections
- CAS, NMV, AUM
- Recorded in
- United States, Indonesia, Ecuador, Japan, Philippines, Australia, Falkland Islands Dependencies, Marshall Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Ecology
- Taxonomy
- References
Tritoniidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, and the only member of the superfamily Tritonioidea and the suborder Tritoniacea. This family includes some of the largest known nudibranchs, with the NE Atlantic species Tritonia hombergii reaching 20 cm in length.
==Distribution== These nudibranchs occur worldwide in warm and temperate seas and in the coldest waters and deep sea, wherever the octocorals which they eat are found.
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