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The nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Zelentia |
Species: | Z. pustulata
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Binomial name | |
Zelentia pustulata | |
Synonyms | |
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Zelentia pustulata [1] is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel. [3] Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America. [4] This species has been reported from Maine, the Barents Sea and the White Sea. [5] [6]
Zelentia pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae. [3]
Zelentia pustulata | |
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The nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Zelentia |
Species: | Z. pustulata
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Binomial name | |
Zelentia pustulata | |
Synonyms | |
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Zelentia pustulata [1] is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel. [3] Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America. [4] This species has been reported from Maine, the Barents Sea and the White Sea. [5] [6]
Zelentia pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae. [3]