Zelentia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1036928 on 2022-08-04In 2024, the genus was synonymized with Tenellia and all former Zelentia species followed,https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18517 Kim, A. Y., Donohoo, S. A. & Gosliner, T. M. (2024). Stirring up the muck: the systematics of soft-sediment Fionidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidina) from the tropical Indo-Pacific. PeerJ. only for it to be reinstated the following year in 2025.Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,
Zelentia species feed on hydroids.
Species According to Korshunova et al. (2025), species within the genus Zelentia include:Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2017). Zelentia Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-02. Zelentia amoris Korshunova & Martynov, 2022 Zelentia fulgens (MacFarland, 1966) - shiny aeolid Zelentia nepunicea Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018 Zelentia ninel Korshunova, Martynov & Picton, 2017 Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854) Zelentia roginskae Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018 Zelentia willowsi Korshunova, Fletcher, Lundin, Picton & Martynov, 2018
References
External links Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1