Cuthonella
| Cuthonella | |
|---|---|
| Cuthonella concinna, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Cuthonellidae |
| Genus: | Cuthonella Bergh, 1884[1] |
Cuthonella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cuthonellidae.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Cuthonella include:[3]
- Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
- Cuthonella elioti Odhner, 1944
- Cuthonella modesta Eliot, 1907
- Cuthonella punicea Millen, 1986
- Cuthonella sandrae Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020
Species originally described in Cuthonella but currently placed in synonymy include:
- Cuthonella antarctica Eliot, 1907:synonym of Cuthonella elioti Odhner, 1944
- Cuthonella paradoxa Eliot, 1907: synonym of Guyvalvoria paradoxa
References
- ^ Bergh R. (1884). Report on the Nudibranchiata collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", Zoology 10 (part 26): 1-154, pl. 1-14 page(s): 23
- ^ Vinarski, M. (2024). Cuthonella Bergh, 1884. In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-03-06.
- ^ Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.