Tenellia kuiterorum
| Tenellia kuiterorum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Tenellia |
| Species: | T. kuiterorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tenellia kuiterorum (Rudman, 1981)[1]
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Tenellia kuiterorum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Green Point, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.[3]
Ecology
Tenellia kuiterorum feeds on the sponge associated solitary hydroid Zyzzyzus spongicola. In a remarkable adaptation the cerata have tentacle-like filaments which mimic the tentacles of the hydroid.[3]
References
- ^ Rudman, W.B. (1981) Polyp mimicry in a new species of aeolid nudibranch mollusc. Journal of Zoology, London, 193: 421-427.
- ^ Tenellia kuiterorum. In: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenellia kuiterorum (Rudman, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1793353 on 2026-03-02
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1998 (October 14) Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Coleman N. (2008) Nudibranchs encyclopedia, catalogue of Asia/Indo-Pacific sea slugs. Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia, 416 pp