Cuthona macquariensis

Cuthona macquariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Tergipedidae
Genus: Cuthona
Species: C. macquariensis
Binomial name
Cuthona macquariensis
(Burn, 1973)[1]
Synonyms

Trinchesia macquariensis Burn, 1973

Cuthona macquariensis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Buckles Bay, Macquarie Island, 54°29′49″S 158°56′07″E / 54.4969°S 158.9353°E / -54.4969; 158.9353.[1]

Description

The adult size of this species is up to 5 mm in length.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Burn, R. F. (1973). Opisthobranch molluscs from the Australian sub-Antarctic territories of Macquarie and Heard Islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 86(1):39-46.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona macquariensis (Burn, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-02
  3. Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174.
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