Zelentia pustulata

Zelentia pustulata^[1] is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.^[2]

Zelentia pustulata
The nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Trinchesiidae
Genus:	Zelentia
Species:	Z. pustulata
Binomial name
Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Synonyms
Eolis pustulata Alder & Hancock, 1854 Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854)

Distribution

This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel.^[3] Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America.^[4] This species has been reported from Maine, the Barents Sea and the White Sea.^[5][6]

Ecology

Zelentia pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae.^[3]