Cuthona puellula

Cuthona puellula
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. puellula
Binomial name
Cuthona puellula
(Baba, 1955)[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Japan. It has been reported from the Japan Sea coast at Echizen Coast, Fukui Prefecture, north-west coast of Honshu and from the Pacific Ocean coast at Hachijo Island. Similar looking animals have been found at Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.[3]

References

  1. Baba, K. (1955) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay, Supplement. Iwanami Shoten: Tokyo. 59pp., 20 Plates.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-03
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 11) Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, March 03, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.