Tenellia diversicolor | |
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The nudibranch Tenellia diversicolor, Mit Kok Tsui, Hong Kong. | |
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Heterobranchia
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Euthyneura |
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Species: | T. diversicolor
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Tenellia diversicolor | |
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Tenellia diversicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae. [2]
This species was described from the shore of Akasumi, west coast of the Noto Peninsula, Japan. The original description contains records from the Japan Sea coast of Middle Japan: Sado Island, Toyama Bay and Oki Island, Shimane Prefecture. [1] Also reported from South Korea and Hong Kong. [3]
Tenellia diversicolor feeds on a hydroid, a species of Aglaophenia, family Aglaopheniidae. [3]