Trinchesia ocellata

Trinchesia ocellata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.^[2]

Trinchesia ocellata
Trinchesia-ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Trinchesiidae
Genus:	Trinchesia
Species:	T. ocellata
Binomial name
Trinchesia ocellata Schmekel, 1966[1]
Synonyms
Tenellia ocellata Schmekel, 1966 Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966)

Distribution

This species was described from the Gulf of Naples, Italy. It has been recorded on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea from Italy to Spain.^[3][4]

Ecology

Trinchesia ocellata is found on a number of colonial hydroids including Sertularella and Halecium labrosum.^[4]