Trinchesia perca, common name Lake Merritt cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. Its placement somewhat controversed, some institutions place it in genus Cuthona under family Cuthonidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Lost Cuthona being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Emarcusia morroensis
- Cratena pilata
- Nudibranchus exiguus
- Nudibranchus scintillans
- Rubramoena amoena
- Placida dendritica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Cuthonidae
- Genus
- Cuthona
- Species
- Cuthona perca
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