Tenellia crinita

Tenellia crinita is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]

Tenellia crinita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Fionidae
Genus:
Tenellia
Species:
T. crinita
Binomial name
Tenellia crinita
(Minichev, 1972)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona crinita Minichev, 1972

Distribution

This species was described from Mabus Point and Cape Khmara, Queen Mary Land, Antarctica. It is also reported from Arrival Heights, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, 77°50′14.29″S 166°37′59.14″E.[3]

Description

This species has a maximum size of 45 mm, unusually large for a species of Tenellia. The body is translucent white and there is an opaque white line at the edge of the foot. The rhinophores and oral tentacles are opaque white and the outer half to one third of each ceras is covered with opaque white pigment. The digestive gland within the cerata is grey and usually pale maroon-red at the base.[4]

References
  1. Minichev, Yu. S. 1972. Opisthobranchiate molluscs of the Davis Sea. Issledovaniye Fauni Moreyi. 11:358-382.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona crinita Minichev, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=699316 on 2015-02-12
  3. Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174.
  4. Cuthona crinita, mis-identified as Notaeolidia sp., - Antarctic Underwater Field Guide
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