Tenellia bughaw A. Y. Kim & Gosliner, 2024
- Location
- Agung, Tulamben, Pulau Bali, Indonesia
- Date
- 2025/04/30
- Length
- 20mm
- Depth
- 15.0m
- Water temperature
- 28.0℃
Description
Ground colour white. Cerata are banded basally to apically with white, blue and golden-yellow zones, terminating in a black tip; the bright blue pigment in the cerata is the diagnostic character. Rhinophores are white at the base and brownish distally. Oral tentacles brownish. Feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia cupressina. Reaches 50 mm in length.Distribution
Type locality Malaysia (Pulau Tenggol, Pulau Varella). Also recorded from the Philippines (Mabini, Tingloy area) and Indonesia.Etymology
From the original description (Kim, Donohoo & Gosliner, 2024):Bughaw is the Filipino word for blue, referring to the bright blue pigment that is dominant in this species.
Remarks
Previously treated as a synonym of Trinchesia yamasui (Hamatani, 1993); recovered as a distinct species by a 2024 revision on phylogenetic and morphological grounds.References
- Cuthona sp.14, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- Tenellia bughaw Kim & Gosliner sp. nov., Kim A.Y., Donohoo S.A. & Gosliner T.M. (2024). Stirring up the muck: the systematics of soft-sediment Fionidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidina) from the tropical Indo-Pacific. PeerJ. 12: e18517. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18517
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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