Cuthona virens
| Cuthona virens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. virens |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona virens (MacFarland, 1966)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cratena virens MacFarland, 1966 | |
Cuthona virens is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, California, U.S.A..[1] It has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Duxbury Reef, Marin County to Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A..[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MacFarland, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 344-347.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona virens (MacFarland, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581888 on 2015-01-28
- ↑ Behrens, D.W. & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs. A guide to the Opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Sea Challengers, Monterey. 1-137.
- ↑ Photo on Slug Site