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Tenellia kanga

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Tenellia kanga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Tenellia
Species:
T. kanga
Binomial name
Tenellia kanga
Edmunds, 1970[1]
Synonyms
  • Trinchesia kanga Edmunds, 1970
  • Cuthona kanga Edmunds, 1970

Tenellia kanga is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from the President's Jetty, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It has been reported from Réunion Island.[3]

Description

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The typical adult size of this species is 5 mm. It has been reported to grow to 12 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Edmunds, M. (1970). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London. 39: 15-57
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenellia kanga (Edmunds, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765136 on 2026-03-02
  3. ^ a b Bidgrain, P., (2016). Cuthona kanga In: Sea slugs from South West Indian Ocean.
  • Gosliner, T. 1987. Nudibranchs of southern Africa: A guide to Opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa Sea. Challengers, Monterey.
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