Tenellia melanobrachia

Tenellia melanobrachia
An orange individual of Phestilla melanobrachia, head end towards the left
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. melanobrachia
Binomial name
Tenellia melanobrachia
(Bergh, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phestilla melanobrachia Bergh, 1874
  • Phestilla melanobranchia [spelling error]

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

There are two known colour forms of Tenellia melanobrachia, black and orange.[3]

References

  1. Bergh, L. S. R. (1874). Neue Nacktschnecken der Südsee, malacologische Untersuchungen II. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 2(6):91-116, pls. 1-4.
  2. Gofas, S. (2016). Tenellia melanobrachia. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-23.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 10) Phestilla melanobrachia Bergh, 1874. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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