Cuthona phoenix
| Cuthona phoenix | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. phoenix |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona phoenix Gosliner, 1981[1] | |
Cuthona phoenix is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from La Jolla, California, U.S.A.. It has been reported from Monterey Bay to Mission Bay (San Diego), California[3] and Costa Rica.[4]
Description
Cuthona phoenix is a small translucent aeolid with swollen cerata and a visible central line of digestive gland which shows through the skin. It is reminiscent of Tergipes tergipes or Eubranchus rupium but intermediate between these species in the number and arrangement of its cerata. The oral tentacles and rhinophores are suffused with brown pigment.[5]
References
- ↑ Gosliner, Terrence (1981). "A New Species of Tergipedid Nudibranch from the Coast of California". Journal of Molluscan Studies 47 (2): 200–205.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona phoenix Gosliner, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-31
- ↑ Hermosillo, A. & Behrens, D.W. (2005). The Opisthobranch fauna of Mexican States of Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero- Filling in the faunal gap. Vita Malacologia, 3: 11-22.
- ↑ Behrens, D.W. & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs. A guide to the Opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Sea Challengers, Monterey. 1-137.
- ↑ Cuthona phoenix [at] CalPhotos.