Zelentia
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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.