Tenellia kanga
| Tenellia kanga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euthyneura |
| Clade: | Nudipleura |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Clade: | Dexiarchia |
| Infraorder: | Cladobranchia |
| Clade: | Aeolidida |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Fionidae |
| Genus: | Tenellia |
| Species: | T. kanga |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenellia kanga (Edmunds, 1970)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tenellia kanga is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from the President's Jetty, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It has been reported from Réunion Island.[3]
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 5 mm. It has been reported to grow to 12 mm.[3]
References
- ↑ Edmunds, M. 1970. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39:15-57.
- ↑ Sartori, André F. (2014). Cuthona kanga (Edmunds, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
- 1 2 Bidgrain, P., (2016). Cuthona kanga In: Sea slugs from South West Indian Ocean.
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