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Zelentia Picton 2017, gen. nov.

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Genus Zelentia gen. nov.

Type species: Eolis pustulata Alder & Hancock, 1854

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Diagnosis. 3-4 anterior rows of cerata, oral tentacles present, no anterior foot corners, jaws with single row of simple denticles, radular teeth narrow with low cusp, penis with curved stylet.

Etymology. After the short name Zelentsy of the subpolar settlement at the Barents Sea Dalnie Zelentsy where two ontogenetically and molecularly distinct Zelentia species co-occur.

Species included. Zelentia fulgens (MacFarland, 1966) comb. nov., Zelentia ninel sp. nov. (Fig. 1), Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854) comb. nov. (Fig. 2).

Remarks. See under Discussion. Comparison of the diagnostic characters of the genus Zelentia gen. nov. with other genera of the family Trinchesiidae is presented in the Table 3.

Notes

Published as part of Picton, Bernard, 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 in Zootaxa 4324 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/996955

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Picton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Tergipedidae
Genus
Zelentia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Zelentia Picton, 2017

References

  • Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1854) Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, Series 2, 14, 102 - 105. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 037454809494312
  • 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.