Tenellia viridis Green Nudibranch

Tenellia viridis is commonly referred to as Green Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Diaphoreolis viridis.2021

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lexID:: 11113
AphiaID:: 890636

Scientific:: Tenellia viridis
German:: Grüne Fadenschnecke
English:: Green Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Trinchesiidae (Family) > Tenellia (Genus) > viridis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Forbes, ), 1840

Occurrence:: European Coasts, France, Gulf of Maine, Ireland, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Norway, Sweden, the British Isles, USA, White Sea
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 3,5 - 250 Meter
Habitats:: Kelp forests, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 1.18" (0,7cm - 3,0cm)
Temperature:: 7,5 °F - 53.6 °F (7,5°C - 12°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-10-11 19:26:33
Last edit:: 2025-05-04 13:21:45

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Tenellia viridis (Forbes, 1840)

Cerata are green with yellow-white pigment. The body is translucent white, often with a faint yellow hue.Cerata with white tips. Can be found in shallow exposed and semi-sheltered rocky areas.

Tenellia viridis feeds exclusively on the hydroids Sertularella, especially Sertularella rugosa.

Similar to Trinchesia caerulea and Diaphoreolis stipata.

Synonymised names
Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840) · unaccepted
Diaphoreolis viridis (Forbes, 1840) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Montagua viridis Forbes, 1840 · unaccepted
Trinchesia viridis (Forbes, 1840) · unaccepted

External links

artsdatabanken (no). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Diaphoreolis viridis 7mm, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County,Maine, USA 2017 (CC by-sa 3.0)

Tenellia viridis (McKenney Point, Maine).About 7 mm long.2017

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