Cuthona poritophages
| Cuthona poritophages | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. poritophages |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979[1] | |
Cuthona poritophages is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Africana Beach, 1km south of Kunduchi Beach, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.[3]
References
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (1979) The ecology and anatomy of a new species of aeolid opisthobranch mollusc: a predator of the reef-forming coral Porites. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 65: 339-359.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-03
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 1) Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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