Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Mournful Phestilla
Tenellia lugubris
Mournful Phestilla
Category: Aeolid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Tenellia lugubris
Synonyms: Phestilla lugubris
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudibranchia (Order)
    └Cladobranchia (Suborder)
     └Fionoidea (Superfamily)
      └Trinchesiidae (Family)
       └Tenellia (Genus)

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