Cuthona genovae
Cuthona genovae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Tergipedidae |
Genus: | Cuthona |
Species: | C. genovae |
Binomial name | |
Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926)[1] | |
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Cuthona genovae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Genoa, Italy. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Mulroy Bay, County Donegal [3] and Lough Hyne, County Cork, Ireland south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. [4] [5]
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 5-6 mm.[6]
References
- ↑ O'Donoghue, C. H. (1929). XXXVIII. Report on the Opisthobranchia. In: Zoological results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 22(6):713-841.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
- ↑ Nunn J (1994). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the North Coast of Ireland. Irish Nat J 24:416–417 83.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (2008 May 1). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H. (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures
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