Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Fionidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fionoidea Genus Tenellia | |
 | ||
Similar Tergipedidae, Tenellia yamasui, Cuthona, Sakuraeolis, Trinchesia | ||
Tenellia diversicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
Contents
Distribution
This species was described from the shore of Akasumi, west coast of the Noto Peninsula, Japan. The original description contains records from the Japan Sea coast of Middle Japan: Sado Island, Toyama Bay and Oki Island, Shimane Prefecture. Also reported from South Korea and Hong Kong.
Ecology
Tenellia diversicolor feeds on a hydroid, a species of Aglaophenia, family Aglaopheniidae.
References
Tenellia diversicolor Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA