Cuthona viridis

Cuthona viridis
The nudibranch Cuthona viridis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
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. viridis
Binomial name
Cuthona viridis
(Forbes, 1840)[1]
Synonyms

Montagua viridis Forbes,1840

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

Distribution

This species was described from Ballaugh, Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.[3] It has been reported from the NE Atlantic, from Greenland and Iceland south to Roscoff, France.[4]

Ecology

Feeds on the hydroids Sertularella spp. especially Sertularella rugosa. Found in shallow exposed and semi-sheltered rocky areas to 100 m depth.[5]

References

  1. Forbes, E. 1840 On some new and rare British Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1, 5, 102–108.
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141636 on 2015-01-26
  3. Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A Monograph of British Nudibranch Molluscs. Ray Society, London.
  4. Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures
  5. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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