Biology:Cuthonella elioti

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cuthonella elioti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Cuthonellidae
Genus: Cuthonella
Species:
C. elioti
Binomial name
Cuthonella elioti
(Odhner, 1944)[1]
Synonyms

Cuthonella antarctica Eliot, 1907[2]

Cuthonella elioti is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cuthonellidae.[3] It is a replacement name for Cuthonella antarctica Eliot, 1907 (non Aeolis antarctica Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886).

Distribution

This species was described from Winter Quarters Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica. It has been found on several occasions in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica [ ⚑ ] 77°51′02.31″S 166°39′56.07″E / 77.8506417°S 166.665575°E / -77.8506417; 166.665575.[4]

References

  1. Odhner N.H. (1944) Mollusca: Nudibranchia and Scaphopoda with zoogeographical remarks and explanations. Scientific Results of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1927–1928 21, 1–48.
  2. Eliot, C. N. E. (1907). Mollusca. IV. Nudibranchiata. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History 2,Mollusca,IV:1-28, 1 pl.p.23.
  3. Gofas, S. (2016). Cuthonella elioti (Odhner, 1944). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-22.
  4. Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012). Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174.

Wikidata ☰ Q13505895 entry