Tenellia iris

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Tenellia iris
Scientific classification
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(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
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T. iris
Binomial name
Tenellia iris
(Edmunds & Just, 1983)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983

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

Distribution[]

This species was described from the reef flat outside Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados.

Description[]

The typical adult size of this species is 5–10 mm.

References[]

  1. ^ Edmunds, M., & H. Just. 1983. Eolid nudibranchiate Mollusca from Barbados. Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(3):185-203.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
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