Tenellia destinyae

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

Tenellia destinyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Fionidae
Genus:
Tenellia
Species:
T. destinyae
Binomial name
Tenellia destinyae
(Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona destinyae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007

Distribution

This species was described from specimens found at 0 m depth on a ship's hull at Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico, tropical eastern Pacific.[3]

References
  1. Hermosillo A. & Valdés, A. (2007). Five new species of Aeolid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin, 22: 119-137, 13 text figures, 1 color pl.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona destinyae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
  3. Rudman, W.B. (2007 August 2) Cuthona destinyae Hermosillo & Valdes, 2007. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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