Margina cocoachroma

Margina cocoachroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Cuthonellidae
Genus: Margina
Species:
M. cocoachroma
Binomial name
Margina cocoachroma
(Williams & Gosliner, 1979)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona cocoachroma G. C. Williams & Gosliner, 1979
  • Cuthonella cocoachroma G. C. Williams & Gosliner, 1979

Margina cocoachroma is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cuthonellidae.[2][3]

Distribution

This species was described from Duxbury Reef, San Francisco, United States. It has been reported as far north as the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.[4]

References

  1. ^ Williams, G.C. & Gosliner, T.M. (1979) Two new species of nudibranchiate mollusks from the west coast of North America, with a revision of the family Cuthonidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67: 203-223.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2025). Margina cocoachroma (Williams & Gosliner, 1979). In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-03-06.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Goddard, J.H.R., (2003 January 20) Cuthona cocoachroma Williams & Gosliner, 1979. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.