Shiny Aeolid
Zelentia fulgens (MacFarland, 1966)
Description 2
Ground color translucent greyish-white to pale cream. An irregular line of opaque white may occur dorso-medially on tail. Cerata bear encrusting white dots on surface; cores yellow-brown, raw umber, or dark brown medially with a yellow band both proximal and distal of medial brown area, tips white. Oral tentacles translucent greyish-white and encrusted with opaque white on distal portion. Rhinophores smooth, colored as oral tentacles. Anterior foot corners rounded.
Size 2
Typically about 8mm in length.
Geographic Range 2
Kayostla Beach, WA, to Coronados Islands, San Diego, CA.
References 2
CELLA, K., L. CARMONA, I. EKIMOVA, A. CHICHVARKHIN, D. SCHEPETOV, & T. M. GOSLINER. 2016. A radical solution: the phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE 11(12):e0167800. PDF
KORSHUNOVA, T., A. MARTYNOV, & B. PICTON. 2017. Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa 4324(1): 1-22.
MACFARLAND, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. PDF
McDONALD, G. R. 1983. A review of the nudibranchs of the California coast. Malacologia 24(1-2):114-276. PDF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS. 2018. A taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epibenthic monitoring and research programs in the southern California bight, edition 12, 1 July 2018, xviii + 167 pp. PDF
Synonyms 2
Cuthona fulgens, Tenellia fulgens, Trinchesia fulgens.
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iNat Map
| Body | aeolidiform |
|---|---|
| Cerata | unbranched |
| Rhinophores | smooth |
