Cuthona ocellata
Cuthona ocellata | |
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The nudibranch Cuthona ocellata, Medas Islands, Spain. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Tergipedidae |
Genus: | Cuthona |
Species: | C. ocellata |
Binomial name | |
Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966)[1] | |
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Cuthona ocellata 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 Gulf of Naples, Italy. It has been recorded on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea from Italy to Spain.[3][4]
Ecology
Cuthona ocellata is found on a number of colonial hydroids including Sertularella and Halecium labrosum.[4]
References
- ↑ Schmekel, L. (1966). Zwei neue Arten der Familie Cuthonidae aus dem Golf von Neapel: Trichesia granosa n. sp. und Trinchesia ocellata n. sp. (Gastr. Opisthobranchia). Pubbl. Staz. Zool. Napoli 35: 13-28.
- ↑ Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-03
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (April 29) Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- 1 2 OPK - Opistobranquis
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