Tenellia futairo

Tenellia futairo
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. futairo
Binomial name
	Tenellia futairo; (Baba, 1963)
Synonyms
	Cuthona bicolor Baba, 1933 non Bergh, 1904 ; Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963 ;

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

Distribution[]

This species was described from , Inland Sea of Seto, Japan. Also reported from Mutsu Bay, Sagami Bay; Sugashima near Toba, Osaka Bay, , Amakusa and Toyama Bay in the original description.^[1]

Description[]

The typical adult size of this species is 10 mm. The body is pale orange-yellow with the tips of the oral tentacles and rhinophores deeper orange-yellow. The oral tentacles have a longitudinal opaque white band on the posterior side. The cerata have an opaque white mark below the tip on the outer surface.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Baba K. (1963). The anatomy of Cuthona futairo n. sp. (= C. bicolor of Baba, 1933) (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 11(1): 109-117. [20 July 1963]
^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-13
^ Takaoka Biological Club, (2004). Trinchesia futairo, Sea Slug from the Japan Sea coasts of Middle Japan.

[baba-1] Baba K. (1963). The anatomy of Cuthona futairo n. sp. (= C. bicolor of Baba, 1933) (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 11(1): 109-117. [20 July 1963]

[2] Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-13

[3] Takaoka Biological Club, (2004). Trinchesia futairo, Sea Slug from the Japan Sea coasts of Middle Japan.

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