Tenellia diversicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]
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| The nudibranch Tenellia diversicolor, Mit Kok Tsui, Hong Kong. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. diversicolor
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| Tenellia diversicolor | |
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Distribution edit
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 edit
Tenellia diversicolor feeds on a hydroid, a species of Aglaophenia, family Aglaopheniidae.[3]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona diversicolor (Baba, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., (2001 August 9) Cuthona diversicolor Baba, 1975. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.