Cuthona iris
Cuthona iris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Tergipedidae |
Genus: | Cuthona |
Species: | C. iris |
Binomial name | |
Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983[1] | |
Cuthona iris 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 reef flat outside Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados.
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 5-10 mm.
References
- ↑ Edmunds, M., & H. Just. 1983. Eolid nudibranchiate Mollusca from Barbados. Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(3):185-203.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
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