Tenellia yamasui
- Usual depth6–15 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsMay and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Trinchesia yamasui is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Trinchesia yamasui”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 24 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 17 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 13 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–15 m · Deepest record: 16 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Cuthona yamasui, Trinchesia yamasui
Similar species
- Orange-blaze Roundhead
Tenellia ornata
drab aeolidPhestilla sibogae
Blackgill TenelliaPhestilla melanobrachia
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- 135 open-data records from 2002 to 2025.
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