Biology:Cuthona fructuosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cuthona fructuosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Cuthonidae
Genus: Cuthona
Species:
C. fructuosa
Binomial name
Cuthona fructuosa
(Bergh, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cratena fructuosa Bergh, 1892

Cuthona fructuosa is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cuthonidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen taken on floating Sargassum in the Sargasso Sea.

References

  1. Bergh R. (1892). Opistobranches provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert 1er, Prince souverain de Monaco 4: 1-35.p.4,pl.1,fig.1-6.
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona fructuosa (Bergh, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-13

Wikidata ☰ Q13505899 entry