Cuthonidae

Cuthonidae
From left to right: Cuthona nana, and Bohuslania matsmichaeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Cuthonidae
Odhner, 1934
Genera

See Genera

Cuthonidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]

Taxonomic history

This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Cuthonidae include:[3]

  • Bohuslania Korshunova, Lundin, Malmberg, Picton & Martynov, 2018
  • Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855

References

  1. ^ Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-02.
  2. ^ Korshunova, Tatiana; Martynov, Alexander; Picton, Bernard (2017-09-26). "Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea". Zootaxa. 4324 (1): 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. ^ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
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