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Tenellia acinosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Euthyneura

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Heterobranchia

Clade
  
Nudipleura

Tenellia acinosa is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.

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Distribution

This species was described from New Caledonia. It has been reported from Japan and the Marshall Islands.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 10-12 mm. The body is opaque white and the cerata, rhinophores, front of the head and oral tentacles are pale to bright orange.

References

Tenellia acinosa Wikipedia