Cuthona futairo
| Cuthona futairo | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. futairo |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cuthona bicolor Baba, 1933 non Bergh, 1904 | |
Cuthona futairo is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Mukaishima, Inland Sea of Seto, Japan. Also reported from Mutsu Bay, Sagami Bay; Sugashima near Toba, Osaka Bay, Saeki Bay, Amakusa and Toyama Bay in the original description.[1]
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 10 mm. The body is pale orange-yellow with the tips of the oral tentacles and rhinophores deeper orange-yellow. The oral tentacles have a longitudinal opaque white band on the posterior side. The cerata have an opaque white mark below the tip on the outer surface.[3]
References
- 1 2 Baba K. (1963). The anatomy of Cuthona futairo n. sp. (= C. bicolor of Baba, 1933) (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 11(1): 109-117. [20 July 1963]
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-13
- ↑ Takaoka Biological Club, (2004). Trinchesia futairo, Sea Slug from the Japan Sea coasts of Middle Japan.