Biology:Cuthonella

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Cuthonella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cuthonellidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Cuthonella include:[2][3]

Known species not provided with an alternate placement in Korshunova et al. (2025):[1]

Species originally described in Cuthonella but currently placed in synonymy include:[1][3]

  • Cuthonella ainu Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020 : synonym of Nella ainu
  • Cuthonella anastasia Ekimova, Grishina & Nikitenko, 2024 : synonym of Nella anastasia
  • Cuthonella antarctica Eliot, 1907: synonym of Galvinella antarctica Eliot, 1907
  • Cuthonella benedykti Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020: synonym of Nella benedykti
  • Cuthonella elioti Odhner, 1944: synonym of Galvinella antarctica Eliot, 1907
  • Cuthonella berghi Friele, 1903: synonym of Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
  • Cuthonella cocoachroma G. C. Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Margina cocoachroma
  • Cuthonella concinna Alder & Hancock, 1843 : synonym of Fiocuthona concinna
  • Cuthonella denbei Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020 : synonym of Nella denbei
  • Cuthonella elenae Martynov, 2000: synonym of Penistella elenae
  • Cuthonella ferruginea Friele, 1903: synonym of Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
  • Cuthonella georgstelleri Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020: synonym of Nella goergstelleri
  • Cuthonella hiemalis Roginskaya: synonym of Nella hiemalis
  • Cuthonella norvegica Odhner, 1929: synonym of Cuthona norvegica
  • Cuthonella orientosiberica Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020 : synonym of Nella orientosiberica
  • Cuthonella osyoro Baba, 1940: synonym of Nella osyoro
  • Cuthonella paradoxa Eliot, 1907: synonym of Guyvalvoria paradoxa
  • Cuthonella rgo Korshunova & Martynov, 2022 : synonym of Nella rgo
  • Cuthonella soboli Martynov, 1992: synonym of Nella soboli
  • Cuthonella vasentsovichi Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020: synonym of Victima vasentsovichi

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vinarski, M. (2024). Cuthonella Bergh, 1884. In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-03-06.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). 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, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,

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