Tenellia pinnifera explained

Tenellia pinnifera is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan. It was subsequently reported from Kii Peninsula, Osaka Bay, Toyama Bay and Tsuruga Bay.[1]

Description

This Tenellia is a white animal with a single, broken, band of orange-yellow below the tip of the cerata.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Baba, K. (1961). Three new species of the genus Catriona from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 9(2):367-372, pls. 14-15.
  2. http://www.umiushi-zukan.com/main/disp_pic.php?pic_id=8885 Cuthona pinnifera Baba, 1961 at umiushi-zukan.com