Cuthona abronia

Cuthona abronia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Tergipedidae
Genus: Cuthona
Species: C. abronia
Binomial name
Cuthona abronia
(MacFarland, 1966)[1]
Synonyms

Cratena abronia MacFarland, 1966

Cuthona abronia is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, California, U.S..[1] It has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Washington State to Baja California, Mexico.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 347-351.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona abronia (MacFarland, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581880 on 2015-01-28
  3. Rudman, W.B. (2007) (March 22) Cuthona abronia (MacFarland, 1966). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
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