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Tenellia diversicolor
The nudibranch Tenellia diversicolor, Mit Kok Tsui, Hong Kong.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Tenellia
Species: T. diversicolor
Binomial name
Tenellia diversicolor
(Baba, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Trinchesia diversicolor Baba, 1975
  • Cuthona diversicolor (Baba, 1975)

Tenellia diversicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.

Distribution

This species was described from the shore of Akasumi, west coast of the Noto Peninsula, Japan. The original description contains records from the Japan Sea coast of Middle Japan: Sado Island, Toyama Bay and Oki Island, Shimane Prefecture. Also reported from South Korea and Hong Kong.

Ecology

Tenellia diversicolor feeds on a hydroid, a species of Aglaophenia, family Aglaopheniidae.

References

  1. ^ Baba, K. (1975). Description of Trinchesia diversicolor spec. nov. from the Japan Sea coast of Middle Japan (Nudibranchia: Eolidoidea (Cuthonidae). The Veliger, 17(3): 251-254.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona diversicolor (Baba, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., (2001 August 9) Cuthona diversicolor Baba, 1975. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Cuthona diversicolor
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