Tenellia caerulea Azure Nudibranch

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

Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion

Tenellia caerulea 4mm, Balearen 2021

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lexID:: 5913
AphiaID:: 986812

Scientific:: Tenellia caerulea
German:: Himmelblaue Fadenschnecke
English:: Azure Nudibranch

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Trinchesiidae (Family) > Tenellia (Genus) > caerulea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Montagu, ), 1804

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 1 - 270 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Kelp forests, Oceanic plates, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Stony soils
Size:: 0.39" - 1.02" (1cm - 2.6cm)
Temperature:: 3,5 °F - 17,5 °F (3,5°C - 17,5°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:: 2013-08-21 19:41:56
Last edit:: 2025-05-27 15:06:09

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Tenellia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)

This brilliantly coloured nudibranch feeds on hydrozoon polyps.Commonly found in western Europe from the western Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coast to sweden and southern Norway.

Very simialr to Tenellia cuanensis.

Synonymised names
Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804) · unaccepted
Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eolis molios Herdman, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

artsdatabanken (no). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
habitas.org.uk (en). Abgerufen am 13.03.2024.
Journal of Molluscan Studies (en). Abgerufen am 13.03.2024.
OPK Ophistobranquis (en). Abgerufen am 13.03.2024.

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