Zelentia

Zelentia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.[1]

Zelentia
The nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Zelentia
Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017[1]

Zelentia species feed on hydroids.

Species

Species in the genus Zelentia include:[2]

References

  1. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2017). Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-02.
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