Tenellia phoenix is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]
This species was described from La Jolla, California, United States. It has been reported from Monterey Bay to Mission Bay (San Diego), California[3] and Costa Rica.[4]
Tenellia phoenix is a small translucent aeolid with swollen cerata and a visible central line of digestive gland which shows through the skin. It is reminiscent of Tergipes tergipes or Eubranchus rupium but intermediate between these species in the number and arrangement of its cerata. The oral tentacles and rhinophores are suffused with brown pigment.[5]
Tenellia phoenix is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
Tenellia phoenix from Santa Cruz, California
Cuthona phoenix is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Cuthonidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1981 door Gosliner.
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