Tenellia diversicolor

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)[1]
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.[2]

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.[1] Also reported from South Korea and Hong Kong.[3]

Ecology

Tenellia diversicolor feeds on a hydroid, a species of Aglaophenia, family Aglaopheniidae.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Rudman, W.B., (2001 August 9) Cuthona diversicolor Baba, 1975. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

 

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