Cuthona pustulata
Cuthona pustulata | |
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The nudibranch Cuthona pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Tergipedidae |
Genus: | Cuthona |
Species: | C. pustulata |
Binomial name | |
Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Cuthona pustulata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel.[3] Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America.[4]
Ecology
Cuthona pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae.[3]
References
- ↑ Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1854. Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 2, 14(80):102-105.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-26
- 1 2 Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 23) Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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