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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Distribution
editThis 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
editTenellia 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.