Cuthona fulgens
| Cuthona fulgens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. fulgens |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona fulgens (MacFarland, 1966)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cratena fulgens MacFarland, 1966 | |
Cuthona fulgens is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, California, U.S.A..[1] It has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Kayostia Beach, Clallam County, Washington State to Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo, California.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 337-340.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona fulgens (MacFarland, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-28
- ↑ McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California