Cuthona ocellata

Cuthona ocellata
The nudibranch Cuthona ocellata, Medas Islands, Spain.
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. ocellata
Binomial name
Cuthona ocellata
(Schmekel, 1966)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trinchesia ocellata Schmekel, 1966

Cuthona ocellata 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 Gulf of Naples, Italy. It has been recorded on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea from Italy to Spain.[3][4]

Ecology

Cuthona ocellata is found on a number of colonial hydroids including Sertularella and Halecium labrosum.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Schmekel, L. (1966). Zwei neue Arten der Familie Cuthonidae aus dem Golf von Neapel: Trichesia granosa n. sp. und Trinchesia ocellata n. sp. (Gastr. Opisthobranchia). Pubbl. Staz. Zool. Napoli 35: 13-28.
  2. ↑ Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-03
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (April 29) Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 OPK - Opistobranquis