MSBIAS taxon details
Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)
986936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:986936)
accepted
Species
Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804) · unaccepted
Tenellia caerulea (Montagu, 1804) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756268
page(s): 78; pl. 7 fig. 4-5 [details]
page(s): 78; pl. 7 fig. 4-5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986936 on 2026-04-22
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986936 on 2026-04-22
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(of ) Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756268
page(s): 78; pl. 7 fig. 4-5 [details]
additional source Korshunova, T.; Picton, B.; Furfaro, G.; Mariottini, P.; Pontes, M.; Prkić, J.; Fletcher, K.; Malmberg, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2019). Multilevel fine-scale diversity challenges the 'cryptic species' concept. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 9(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42297-5
note: Split of T. caerulea into a four species complex in Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea [details]
status source Kim, A. Y., Donohoo, S. A. & Gosliner, T. M. (2024). Stirring up the muck: the systematics of soft-sediment Fionidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidina) from the tropical Indo-Pacific. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e18517: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18517 [details] Available for editors
status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 78; pl. 7 fig. 4-5 [details]
additional source Korshunova, T.; Picton, B.; Furfaro, G.; Mariottini, P.; Pontes, M.; Prkić, J.; Fletcher, K.; Malmberg, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2019). Multilevel fine-scale diversity challenges the 'cryptic species' concept. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 9(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42297-5
note: Split of T. caerulea into a four species complex in Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea [details]
status source Kim, A. Y., Donohoo, S. A. & Gosliner, T. M. (2024). Stirring up the muck: the systematics of soft-sediment Fionidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidina) from the tropical Indo-Pacific. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e18517: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18517 [details] Available for editors
status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trinchesia caerulea)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To OPK Opistobranquis (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trinchesia caerulea)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To OPK Opistobranquis (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
Unreviewed
Image from synonym