Cuthona diversicolor
| Cuthona diversicolor | |
|---|---|
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| The nudibranch Cuthona diversicolor, Mit Kok Tsui, Hong Kong. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. diversicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona diversicolor (Baba, 1975)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trinchesia diversicolor Baba, 1975 | |
Cuthona diversicolor 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 shore of Akasumi, west coast of the Noto Peninsula, Japan. The original description contains records from the Japan Sea coast of Middle Japan: Sado Island, Toyama Bay and Oki Island, Shimane Prefecture.[1] Also reported from South Korea and Hong Kong.[3]
Ecology
Cuthona diversicolor feeds on a hydroid, a species of Aglaophenia, family Aglaopheniidae.[3]
References
- 1 2 Baba, K. (1975). Description of Trinchesia diversicolor spec. nov. from the Japan Sea coast of Middle Japan (Nudibranchia: Eolidoidea (Cuthonidae). The Veliger, 17(3): 251-254.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona diversicolor (Baba, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
- 1 2 Rudman, W.B., (2001 August 9) Cuthona diversicolor Baba, 1975. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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