Cuthona abronia
| Cuthona abronia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. abronia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona abronia (MacFarland, 1966)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cratena abronia MacFarland, 1966 | |
Cuthona abronia, common name graceful aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, California, U.S..[1] It has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Washington State to Baja California, Mexico.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 347-351.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona abronia (MacFarland, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581880 on 2015-01-28
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (2007) (March 22) Cuthona abronia (MacFarland, 1966). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
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