Cuthona akibai

Cuthona akibai
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. akibai
Binomial name
Cuthona akibai
Baba, 1984[1]

Cuthona akibai is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 8 mm.[2]

References

  1. Baba, K. (1984). A new species of the genus Cuthona (s.l.) (Nudibranchia: Eolidacea) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology 43(2):125-128.
  2. Imamotu, J. (2015). Photograph of Cuthona akibai - Manazuru, Sagami Bay.
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