MolluscaBase taxon details
Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)
986936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:986936)
accepted
Species
Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804) · unaccepted
Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eolis molios Herdman, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tenellia caerulea (Montagu, 1804) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804) 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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986936 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804) 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]
original description (of Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846) Vérany G.B. 1846. Catalogo degli animali invertebrati marini del Golfo di Genova e Nizza. <i>Tipografia Ferrando, Genova 1-30</i>: , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124151 [details]
original description (of Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
original description (of Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1846). Notices of some new and rare British species of naked Mollusca. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18</i>: 289-294, pl. 4 [novembre] [details]
original description (of Eolis molios Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Additional notes to the invertebrate fauna of Lamlash Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 6:17-30, pl. I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26241001 [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
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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 [request]
page(s): 78; pl. 7 fig. 4-5 [details]
original description (of Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846) Vérany G.B. 1846. Catalogo degli animali invertebrati marini del Golfo di Genova e Nizza. <i>Tipografia Ferrando, Genova 1-30</i>: , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124151 [details]
original description (of Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
original description (of Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1846). Notices of some new and rare British species of naked Mollusca. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18</i>: 289-294, pl. 4 [novembre] [details]
original description (of Eolis molios Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Additional notes to the invertebrate fauna of Lamlash Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 6:17-30, pl. I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26241001 [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
[request]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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | hemelsblauwe knotsslak [from synonym] | [details] |
| Italian | cutona azzurra [from synonym] | [details] |
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)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To OPK Opistobranquis (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis molios Herdman, 1881)
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)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To OPK Opistobranquis (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis molios Herdman, 1881)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804))
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