Cuthona beta

Cuthona beta
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. beta
Binomial name
Cuthona beta
(Baba & Abe, 1964)[1]
Synonyms
  • Catriona beta Baba & Abe, 1964

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

Distribution

This species was described from the vicinity of the Noto marine laboratory, Ogi, Toyama Bay with additional specimens from Kannonzaki and Tsukumo Bay, Hosu-gun, Noto-cho, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is also reported from Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima.[3]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 4–10 mm.[3]

References

  1. Baba, K. & Abe, T. (1964). A catrionid, Catriona beta n. sp., with a radula of Cuthona type (Nudibranchia-Eolidoidea). Annual Report of the Noto Marine Biological Laboratory, 4: 9-14.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona beta (Baba & Abe, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397067 on 2015-02-02
  3. 1 2 Photograph of Cuthona beta - Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima.
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