Trinchesia sp. 2 Figure 21J

Material examined.

Two specimens 35-40 mm, TT; one specimen 45 mm, TW.

Ecology.

Cryptic on its host hydroid Macrorhynchia sp., colonies of which are found exclusively in soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef. Depth 12-24 m.

Distribution.

Tenellia sp. 17 is known only from the United Arab Emirates (Gosliner et al. 2018) and Tenellia sp. ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017) is known from Mozambique. Known from the Gulf of Thailand (Mehrotra and Scott 2016).

Remarks.

Mistakenly identified as Cuthona yamasui Hamatani, 1993 by Mehrotra and Scott (2016). Very similar also to Trinchesia sp. 3, with which it shares a prey species (alongside Lomanotus vermiformis).