Tenellia iris is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. iris
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| Tenellia iris (Edmunds & Just, 1983)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the reef flat outside Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados.
Description
editThe typical adult size of this species is 5–10 mm.
References
edit- ^ Edmunds, M., & H. Just. 1983. Eolid nudibranchiate Mollusca from Barbados. Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(3):185-203.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09