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| Zelentia | |
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| The nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017[1] |
Zelentia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.[1][2]In 2024, the genus was synonymized with Tenellia and all former Zelentia species followed,[3] only for it to be reinstated the following year in 2025.[4]
Zelentia species feed on hydroids.
Species
[edit]According to Korshunova et al. (2025), species within the genus Zelentia include:[5][4]
- Zelentia amoris Korshunova & Martynov, 2022
- Zelentia fulgens (MacFarland, 1966) - shiny aeolid
- Zelentia nepunicea Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018
- Zelentia ninel Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017
- Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
- Zelentia roginskae Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018
- Zelentia willowsi Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018
References
[edit]- 1 2 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (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.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1036928 on 2022-08-04
- ↑ https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18517 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.
- 1 2 Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2017). Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-02.