Cuthona macquariensis
| Cuthona macquariensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| 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.[1]
Description
The adult size of this species is up to 5 mm in length.[3]
References
- 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.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona macquariensis (Burn, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-02
- ↑ 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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