Cuthona lizae

Cuthona lizae
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. lizae
Binomial name
Cuthona lizae
Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Ensenada de los Muertos, south of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.[1]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 3–5 mm.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Angulo Campillo O. & Valdés Á. (2003). A new species of Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855, from the Gulf of California, Mexico (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Tergipedidae). The Veliger 46 (2): 179-182.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona lizae Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14