Tenellia lizae

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

Tenellia lizae
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. lizae
Binomial name
Tenellia lizae
(Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona lizae Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003

Distribution

This species was described from Ensenada de los Muertos, south of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.[1]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 3–5 mm.

References
  1. Angulo Campillo O. & Valdés Á. (2003). A new species of Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855, from the Gulf of California, Mexico (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Tergipedidae). The Veliger 46 (2): 179-182.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona lizae Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14
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