Zelentia pustulata explained

Zelentia pustulata^[1] is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1854. Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 2, 14(80):102-105.
2. Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2017). Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-02.
3. Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
4. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
5. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 23) Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. This species has been reported from Maine, the Barents Sea and the White Sea.^{[3] [4]}

   Ecology

   Zelentia pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae.

   References

6. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America.^[3]