Tenellia futairo
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Tenellia futairo
| authority = (Baba, 1963)Baba K. (1963). [http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175322/1/fia0111_109.pdf The anatomy of Cuthona futairo n. sp. (= C. bicolor of Baba, 1933) (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea).] Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 11(1): 109-117.
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|Cuthona bicolor |Baba, 1933 non Bergh, 1904
|Cuthona futairo |Baba, 1963
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Tenellia futairo is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761268 Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-13
Distribution
This species was described from Mukaishima, Inland Sea of Seto, Japan. Also reported from Mutsu Bay, Sagami Bay; Sugashima near Toba, Osaka Bay, Saeki Bay, Amakusa and Toyama Bay in the original description.
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 10 mm. The body is pale orange-yellow with the tips of the oral tentacles and rhinophores deeper orange-yellow. The oral tentacles have a longitudinal opaque white band on the posterior side. The cerata have an opaque white mark below the tip on the outer surface.Takaoka Biological Club, (2004). [http://www.geocities.co.jp/NatureLand/3709/054402M.htm Trinchesia futairo, Sea Slug from the Japan Sea coasts of Middle Japan.]