Tenellia iris

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

Tenellia iris
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. iris
Binomial name
Tenellia iris
(Edmunds & Just, 1983)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983

Distribution

This species was described from the reef flat outside Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5–10 mm.

References
  1. Edmunds, M., & H. Just. 1983. Eolid nudibranchiate Mollusca from Barbados. Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(3):185-203.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
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