Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Himatina trophina

Topic: Biology

 From HandWiki - Reading time: 2 min

Short description: Species of gastropod

Himatina trophina
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Himatina
Species:
H. trophina
Binomial name
Himatina trophina
(Bergh, 1890)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Flabellina triophina Coryphella fusca
  • O'Donoghue, 1921 Bergh, 1890
  • (incorrect subsequent spelling) Flabellina trophina
  • Flabellina fusca Bergh, 1890
  • Coryphella trophina O'Donoghue, 1921
  • Bergh, 1890 (original combination) Himatella trophina

The predaceous aeolis, Himatina trophina, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.[3] This species was commonly known as Flabellina fusca, a junior synonym.[4] It is currently the only species within the genus Himatina[3].

Distribution

This species is frequent in British Columbia and extends around the North Pacific to Alaska and the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia.[5][6]

Diet

Himatina trophina mainly feeds on hydroids, it was also once believed to feed on tube worms but the species actually just preferred the hydroids which were growing on the outside of the tube worm.[4] It has been reported feeding on other nudibranchs, crustacea and polychaete worms.[5][7]

References

  1. ↑ Bergh, L. S. R. (1890). Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 5:1-75.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Coryphella trophina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1572577. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Picton, B. (2025). Himatina trophina (Bergh, 1890). In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-05-05.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Emerald Sea Photography Retrieved July 04, 2012
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 16) Flabellina trophina (Bergh, 1894). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. ↑ Behrens D.W. (2004) Pacific Coast nudibranchs, Supplement II. New species to the Pacific Coast and new information on the oldies. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(2): 11–54.
  7. ↑ Behrens, D.W. (2005). Flabellina trophina. At: Miller, M. D. (2005). The Slug Site. Retrieved July 04, 2012

Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry



Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Himatina_trophina&oldid=4504780"
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Biology:Himatina_trophina
22 views |
↧ Download this article as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF