Tritonia challengeriana, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Tritonia challengeriana, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Tritonia challengeriana, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Polar - southern, Temperate South America
Description
Semi translucent, white to peach coloured nudibranch. Small gill tufts sprout from all around the edge of the mantle, two rhinopores on front of body and numerous tentacles sprout from around the mouth area.
Information
Max Size: 12 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 2.8-9.9°C
Depth: 0-325m
Habitat: Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (24% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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