Cuthona columbiana

Cuthona columbiana
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. columbiana
Binomial name
Cuthona columbiana
(O'Donoghue, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)

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

Distribution

This species has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Cutter Rock, Ketchikan, Alaska, to San Diego, California.[3]

Ecology

Cuthona columbiana feeds on the athecate hydroids Tubularia and Syncoryne.[3]

References

  1. ↑ O'Donoghue, C.H. (1922). Notes on the Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island Region. III. Records of species and distribution. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, Toronto, 14(1): 145-167, pls.5-6.
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2014). Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397068 on 2015-01-28
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.