Tritonia striata
Haefelfinger, 1963

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DENDRONOTINA
Family: Tritoniidae

DISTRIBUTION

Known from the western Mediterranean

PHOTO

Menorca Island, Spain, Mediterranean Sea, 6 m, July 1989. Photo: D.L. Geiger 

The body is relatively slender and rectangular in cross-section. The oral veil has six papillae and there are four to six gill clusters arranged along the edge of the mantle, sitting opposite similar gills on the other edge. Between the gills there is a distinct mantle ridge. The body is a tranlsucent white with three characteristic thin longitudinal black lines running down the mantle. The outer lines can be broken into a series of dashes. Schmekel & Portmann (1982) report it feeding on the soft coral Paralcyonium elegans. It is a small species, seldom reaching more than 5 mm in length.

  • Haefelfinger, H.-R. (1963) Remarques biologiques et systématiques au sujet de quelques Tritoniidae de la Méditerranée (Moll. Opisthobranchia). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 70(4): 61-76.
  • Schmekel, L. and Portmann, A. (1982) Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres, Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli 40: 1-410.
Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2007 (July 17) Tritonia striata Haefelfinger, 1963. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/tritstri

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