Cuthona giarannae
| Cuthona giarannae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. giarannae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona giarannae Valdés, Moran & Woods, 2012[1] | |
Cuthona giarannae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from the sewage outfall, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica 77°51′31.95″S 166°40′47.51″E / 77.8588750°S 166.6798639°E. It is also reported from Arrival Heights, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, 77°50′14.29″S 166°37′59.14″E / 77.8373028°S 166.6330944°E.
References
- ↑ Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona giarannae Valdés, Moran & Woods, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-12