Tropical Gasflame

Trinchesia sibogae

Trinchesia sibogae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae. Trinchesia sibogae is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region. This species is small, with a maximum size of 35 mm length.
Aeolid Nudibranch This Aeolid Nudibranch is of the species Trinchesia sibogae, mostly pink in colour with orange tip on its cerata. Geotagged,Philippines,Spring,Trinchesia sibogae,aeolid,cebu,malapascua,nudibranch,scuba diving,underwater

Appearance

Trinchesia sibogae has a pale lilac purple body, the oral tentacles and the slender smooth rhinophores are pale lilac purple at the base, the upper half reddish purple. The cerata are pale lilac purple with a deep reddish purple to deep purple subapical band and a bright golden yellow tip.
Aeolid Nudibranch This Trinchesia sibogae nudibranch is mostly pink in colour with pink and yellow tipped cerrata. Although reported to be widely spread, it is not commonly seen and usually found among its host food source which is some sort of algae. Aeolid Nudibranch,Cebu,Geotagged,Malapascua,Nudibranch,Philippines,Spring,Trinchesia sibogae

Naming

Synonyms
Hervia sibogae Bergh, 1905
Cuthona sibogae Bergh, 1905
Tropical Gasflame - Trinchesia sibogae Mabul,Malaysia,Nudibranch,Sabah,Trinchesia sibogae,Tropical Gasflame

Food

It feeds on an orange-yellow hydroid of the genus Sertularella.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyTergipedidae
GenusTrinchesia
SpeciesTrinchesia sibogae
Photographed in
Malaysia
Philippines