Cuthona punicea
| Cuthona punicea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. punicea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona punicea Millen, 1986[1] | |
Cuthona punicea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from British Columbia, Canada.[1]
Ecology
Cuthona punicea feeds on a large purple athecate hydroid which is thought to be an undescribed species of Corymorpha.[3]
References
- 1 2 Millen, S.V. (1986) Northern, primitive Tergipedid nudibranchs, with a description of a new species from the Canadian Pacific. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 64(6): 1356-1362.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona punicea Millen, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-30
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (2003) (October 19) Cuthona punicea Millen, 1986. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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