Tenellia nepunicea Pimpled Aeolid

Tenellia nepunicea is commonly referred to as Pimpled Aeolid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Karin Fletcher, USA

Zelentia nepunicea, Sullivan Point, Kitsap County, WA 2018

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lexID:: 16587
AphiaID:: 1783839

Scientific:: Tenellia nepunicea
German:: Noppen Tenellia
English:: Pimpled Aeolid

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Trinchesiidae (Family) > Tenellia (Genus) > nepunicea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, ), 2018

Occurrence:: Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 1 - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils
Size:: 2,0 cm
Temperature:: °F - 50 °F (°C - 10°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-07-06 17:18:20
Last edit:: 2025-10-17 14:31:48

Info

Tenellia nepunicea Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018

Type Material. Holotype, 12 mm in length (live), NE Pacific, Canada, British Columbia, Galiano Island , depth 20 m, stones, collector Karin Fletcher, 08.04.2014

Feeds on hydrozoans of the genus Halecium.

Similar to Cuthonella punicea.

Synonymised names
Zelentia nepunicea Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

treatment.plazi (en). Abgerufen am 06.07.2024.

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Spawn

Zelentia nepunicea, several with eggs embedded in their Food, Sullivan Point, Kitsap County, WA 2020

Commonly

Zelentia nepunicea,Photograph of holotype ZMMU Op-626 MH614984.1, Alcala Point Wall, Galiano Island, BC, Canada 2014

Zelentia nepunicea,Alcala Point Wall, Galiano Island, BC, Canada 2014

Zelentia nepunicea, West of Point Glover 2014

Zelentia nepunicea, Sullivan Point, Kitsap County, WA 2018

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