Cuthona purpureoanulata

Cuthona purpureoanulata
The nudibranch Cuthona purpureoanulata, Kong Chau, Hong Kong.
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. purpureoanulata
Binomial name
Cuthona purpureoanulata
(Baba, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Catriona purpureoanulata Baba, 1961

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

Distribution

This species was described from Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kii Peninsula and Tannowa, Osaka Bay, south coast of Honshu, Japan. It has also been reported from Hayama, Sagami Bay; Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea; Awashima, Niigata Prefecture; Mera, Fukui Prefecture and Tsuruga Bay.[1] As well as these localities in Japan it has been found in Hong Kong.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baba, K (1961) Three new species of the genus Catriona from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto marine Laboratory, 9(2): 121-128, pl 14, 15.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 30) Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.