Zelentia

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Zelentia
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The nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Zelentia
Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017 [1]

Zelentia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae. [1] [2]

Contents

Zelentia species feed on hydroids.

Species

Species in the genus Zelentia include: [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1036928 on 2022-08-04
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2017). Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-02.
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