Tenellia nakapila A. Y. Kim & Gosliner, 2024
- Location
- Thoma No.2, Kerama(Zamami･Amuro･Gahi･Agenashiku), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2011/01/04
- Length
- 10mm
- Depth
- 13.0m
- Water temperature
- 23.0℃
Description
Ground colour translucent white to yellowish white, with broad pale-purple markings on the dorsum. Cerata are slender and lie back along the body; the digestive gland is greyish brown and arranged in distinctly separated longitudinal rows within the cerata — the diagnostic feature for this species. A white triangular patch may run between the rhinophore bases and the bases of the oral tentacles in some specimens. Rhinophores are smooth and long, translucent brown with fine orange dots; oral tentacles are the same colour, with translucent white tips. Reaches 15 mm in length.Distribution
Philippines (type-series specimens from the Dauin area, Negros Oriental). Recorded across the western to central Pacific.Etymology
From the original description (Kim, Donohoo & Gosliner, 2024):The name is derived from the Filipino word nakapila meaning, in a straight line, referring to the very distinctly separated rows of cerata.
Remarks
Described in a 2024 revision of soft-sediment Fionidae, which revised the soft-sediment Fionidae of the Indo-Pacific. Specimens previously figured as Tenellia sp. 20 are referable to this species.References
- Cuthona sp. 17, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- Cuthona sp. 15, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- Cuthona sp. 18, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- ハクトウミノウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
- ハクトウミノウミウシ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2020). 新版 ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Tenellia nakapila 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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Same Genus Nudibranchs
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