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Tenellia iris

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Tenellia iris
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C. iris
Binomial name
Cuthona iris
Edmunds & Just, 1983[1]

Cuthona iris is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the reef flat outside Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5-10 mm.

References

  1. ^ Edmunds, M., & H. Just. 1983. Eolid nudibranchiate Mollusca from Barbados. Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(3):185-203.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09