Tenellia puti A. Y. Kim & Gosliner, 2024
- Location
- Tulamben, Pulau Bali, Indonesia
- Date
- 2016/03/05
- Length
- 20mm
- Depth
- 10.0m
- Water temperature
- 28.0℃
Description
Generally translucent white with a solid darker patch of opaque white covering most of the dorsum and extending onto the head in front of the rhinophores. The white pigment is irregular and does not reach the lateral mantle margins. The digestive gland is greyish brown, resembling oxidised milk chocolate. The base of each ceras is translucent white showing the digestive gland; the medial portion forms a broad opaque white to pale grey band, followed by a band of diffuse dull blue, and a creamy yellow apical tip. Rhinophores thick, conical, slightly longer than the oral tentacles, dark brown with red tones reminiscent of kelp blades. Oral tentacles same colour as rhinophores. Reaches 25 mm in length.Distribution
Type locality San Miguel, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines. Recorded across the Philippines and Indonesia, with possible records from Queensland (Australia), Thailand, and Tanzania.Etymology
From the original description (Kim, Donohoo & Gosliner, 2024):Puti is the Filipino word for white, reflecting the characteristic opaque white patches on the notum of this species. The white triangular patch on the Philippine flag stands for equality.
Remarks
Previously treated as Cuthona yamasui Hamatani, 1993 in misidentification, and figured as Cuthona sp. 13 or Tenellia sp. E / sp. 15 in earlier guides. A 2024 revision found COI divergence of 18.1% and 16S divergence of 12.5% from T. yamasui, establishing it as a distinct species. Found on soft sandy and silty bottoms where it feeds on the hydroid Macrorhynchia balei.References
- Cuthona kanga, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 東海大学出版会.
- タルミノウミウシ, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 第2刷. 東海大学出版会.
- フトガヤミノウミウシ, 殿塚孝昌. (2003). ウミウシガイドブック〈3〉. TBSブリタニカ.
- Cuthona sp. 13, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- タルミノウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
- タルミノウミウシ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2020). 新版 ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Tenellia puti 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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