Cuthona kuiteri
| Cuthona kuiteri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. kuiteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981[1] | |
Cuthona kuiteri is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Green Point, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.[3]
Ecology
Cuthona kuiteri feeds on the sponge associated solitary hydroid Zyzzyzus spongicola. In a remarkable adaptation the cerata have tentacle-like filaments which mimic the tentacles of the hydroid.[3]
References
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (1981) Polyp mimicry in a new species of aeolid nudibranch mollusc. Journal of Zoology, London, 193: 421-427.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-03
- 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1998 (October 14) Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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