Cuthona georgiana

Cuthona georgiana
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. georgiana
Binomial name
Cuthona georgiana
(Pfeffer, 1886)[1]
Synonyms

Aeolis antarctica Pfeffer, 1886

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

Distribution

This species was described from South Georgia, Antarctica. It is reported from the Ross Sea, Kerguelen, South Georgia and southern Chile.

References

  1. Pfeffer, G. in Martens, E. v., & Georg Pfeffer. 1886. Die Mollusken von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 3:63-135, pls. 1-4.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
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