''Cuthona'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...
in the family
Cuthonidae.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). ''Cuthona'' Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138543 on 2015-02-09]
Ecology
''Cuthona'' species feed on hydroids, and have uniseriate radulae with polydentate radular teeth.
Taxonomic history
The type species of ''Cuthona'' is ''
Cuthona nana'', (Alder & Hancock, 1842). Some authorities consider the genera ''
Catriona
Catriona is a feminine given name in the English language. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish Caitríona or Scottish Gaelic Catrìona, which are forms of the English Katherine
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other var ...
'' and ''
Trinchesia
''Trinchesia'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). ''Trinchesia'' Ihering, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...
'' to be synonymous with ''Cuthona''. Most ''Cuthona'' species were transferred to other genera as a result of DNA phylogeny studies in 2016 and 2017.
Species
Species in the genus ''Cuthona'' include:
* ''
Cuthona divae''
(Er. Marcus, 1961)
*''
Cuthona methana''
Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018
* ''
Cuthona nana''
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
* ''
Cuthona hermitophila''
Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cuthona abronia'' (
MacFarland, 1966): synonym of ''
Abronica abronia
''Abronica abronia'', common name graceful aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Abronicidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Abronica abronia (MacFarland, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
* ''Cuthona abyssicola''
(Bergh, 1884): synonym of ''
Cuthonella abyssicola
''Cuthonella'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically Aeolidida, aeolid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Cuthonellidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cuthonella'' include:Cella, K; Car ...
''
Bergh, 1884
* ''Cuthona acinosa'' (
Risbec, 1928): synonym of ''
Tenellia acinosa''
* ''Cuthona akibai''
Baba, 1984: synonym of ''
Tenellia akibai''
* ''Cuthona albocrusta''
(MacFarland, 1966): synonym of ''
Tenellia albocrusta''
* ''Cuthona albopunctata''
(Schmekel, 1968): synonym of ''
Tenellia albopunctata
''Trinchesia albopunctata'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Ischia, Gulf of Naples, Italy. It has subsequently been reported ...
''
* ''Cuthona alpha''
Baba & Hamatani, 1963: synonym of ''
Tenellia alpha
''Trinchesia alpha'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2014). Trinchesia alpha (Baba & Hamatani, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...
''
(Baba & Hamatani, 1963)
* ''Cuthona amoena''
(Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of ''
Rubramoena amoena
''Rubramoena amoena'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Torbay, Devon, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney ...
''
* ''Cuthona antarctica''
(Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886): synonym of ''
Tenellia antarctica
''Tenellia antarctica'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.Rosenberg, G. (2014). ''Cuthona antarctica'' (Pfeffer, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
''
* ''Cuthona anulata''
(Baba, 1949): synonym of ''
Tenellia anulata
''Trinchesia anulata'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.Picton, B.; Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Trinchesia anulata (Baba, 1949). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed thro ...
''
* ''Cuthona barbadiana''
Edmunds & Just, 1983: synonym of ''
Tenellia barbadiana
''Tenellia barbadiana'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fionidae.
Distribution
This species was described from depth on algae outside the Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados
B ...
''
* ''Cuthona behrensi''
Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007: synonym of ''
Tenellia behrensi
''Tenellia behrensi'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
Distribution
This species was described from a single specimen found at 10 m depth at the Azuero Peninsula, Pacific ...
''
* ''Cuthona berghi''
(Friele, 1902): synonym of ''
Cuthonella berghi''
* ''Cuthona beta''
(Baba & Abe, 1964): synonym of ''
Tenellia beta
''Trinchesia beta'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Trinchesia beta (Baba & Abe, 1964). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World ...
''
* ''Cuthona bractea''
Burn, 1962: synonym of ''
Tularia bractea''
(Burn, 1962)
* ''Cuthona caerulea''
(Montagu, 1804) synonym of ''
Trinchesia caerulea
''Trinchesia'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by ma ...
''
* ''Cuthona claviformis''
Vicente, 1974: synonym of ''
Tenellia claviformis
''Tenellia claviformis'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). ''Cuthona claviformis'' Vicente, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species aon 2015-02 ...
''
* ''Cuthona cocoachroma''
Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of ''
Cuthonella cocoachroma''
* ''Cuthona columbiana''
(O'Donoghue, 1922): synonym of ''
Tenellia columbiana
''Catriona columbiana'', the British Columbia aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Gabriola Pass, Nanaimo, Vancouver Islan ...
''
* ''Cuthona concinna''
(Alder & Hancock, 1843): synonym of ''
Cuthonella concinna''
* ''Cuthona correai''
Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2002: synonym of ''
Tenellia correai''
* ''Cuthona crinita''
Minichev, 1972: synonym of ''
Tenellia crinita''
* ''Cuthona destinyae''
Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007: synonym of ''
Tenellia destinyae''
* ''Cuthona diminutiva''
Gosliner, 1980: synonym of ''
Tenellia diminutiva''
* ''Cuthona distans''
Odhner, 1922: synonym of ''
Tenellia distans''
* ''Cuthona diversicolor''
Baba, 1975: synonym of ''
Tenellia diversicolor''
* ''Cuthona elenae''
(Martynov, 2000): synonym of ''
Cuthonella elenae''
* ''Cuthona elioti''
Odhner, 1944: synonym of ''
Cuthonella elioti''
* ''Cuthona ferruginea''
(Friele, 1902): synonym of ''
Cuthonella ferruginea''
* ''Cuthona fidenciae''
(Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999): synonym of ''
Tenellia fidenciae''
* ''Cuthona flavovulta''
(MacFarland, 1966): synonym of ''
Tenellia flavovulta''
* ''Cuthona foliata''
(Forbes & Goodsir, 1839): synonym of ''
Tenellia foliata''
* ''Cuthona fructuosa''
(Bergh, 1892): synonym of ''
Tenellia fructuosa''
* ''Cuthona fulgens''
(MacFarland, 1966): synonym of ''
Tenellia fulgens''
* ''Cuthona futairo''
Baba, 1963: synonym of ''
Tenellia futairo''
* ''Cuthona genovae''
(O'Donoghue, 1929): synonym of ''
Tenellia genovae''
* ''Cuthona georgiana''
(Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886): synonym of ''
Tenellia georgiana''
* ''Cuthona giarannae''
Valdés, Moran & Woods, 2012 : synonym of ''
Tenellia giarannae''
* ''Cuthona granosa''
(Schmekel, 1966): synonym of ''
Tenellia granosa''
* ''Cuthona gymnota''
(Couthouy, 1838): synonym of ''
Tenellia gymnota''
* ''Cuthona hamanni''
Behrens, 1987: synonym of ''
Tenellia hamanni''
* ''Cuthona henrici''
Eliot, 1916: synonym of ''
Tenellia henrici''
* ''Cuthona herrerai''
Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002: synonym of ''
Tenellia herrerai''
* ''Cuthona hiemalis''
Roginskaya, 1987: synonym of ''
Cuthonella hiemalis''
(Roginskaya, 1987)
* ''Cuthona ilonae''
(Schmekel, 1968): synonym of ''
Tenellia ilonae''
* ''Cuthona iris''
Edmunds & Just, 1983: synonym of ''
Tenellia iris''
* ''Cuthona japonica''
Baba, 1937: synonym of ''
Godiva japonica''
(Baba, 1937)
* ''Cuthona kanga''
(Edmunds, 1970): synonym of ''
Tenellia kanga''
* ''Cuthona kuiteri''
Rudman, 1981: synonym of ''
Tenellia kuiteri''
* ''Cuthona lagunae''
(O'Donoghue, 1926): synonym of ''
Tenellia lagunae''
* ''Cuthona leopardina''
(Vayssière, 1888): synonym of ''
Tenellia leopardina''
* ''Cuthona lizae''
Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003: synonym of ''
Tenellia lizae''
* ''Cuthona longi''
Behrens, 1985: synonym of ''
Tenellia longi''
* ''Cuthona luciae''
Valdés, Medrano & Bhave, 2016: synonym of ''
Tenellia luciae''
[Valdés A., Medrano S. & Bhave V. (2016). "A new species of ''Cuthona'' Alder and Hancock, 1855 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia: Tergipedidae) from the Caribbean Sea". '']The Nautilus
''Nautilus'' is the fictional submarine belonging to Captain Nemo featured in Jules Verne's novels ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1870) and '' The Mysterious Island'' (1875).
Description
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* ''Cuthona macquariensis''
(Burn, 1973): synonym of ''
Tenellia macquariensis''
* ''Cuthona marisalbi''
Roginskaya, 1963: synonym of ''
Cuthonella concinna''
(Alder & Hancock, 1843)
* ''Cuthona millenae''
Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007: synonym of ''
Tenellia millenae''
* ''Cuthona miniostriata''
(Schmekel, 1968): synonym of ''
Tenellia miniostriata''
* ''Cuthona modesta''
(Eliot, 1907): synonym of ''
Cuthonella modesta''
* ''Cuthona netsica''
(Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960): synonym of ''
Tenellia netsica''
* ''Cuthona norvegica''
(Odhner, 1929): synonym of ''
Cuthonella norvegica''
* ''Cuthona ocellata''
(Schmekel, 1966): synonym of ''
Tenellia ocellata''
* ''Cuthona odhneri''
Er. Marcus, 1959: synonym of ''
Tenellia odhneri''
* ''Cuthona ornata''
Baba, 1937: synonym of ''
Tenellia ornata''
* ''Cuthona pallida''
(Eliot, 1906): synonym of ''
Tenellia pallida''
* ''Cuthona paucicirra''
Minichev, 1972: synonym of ''
Tenellia paucicirra''
* ''Cuthona perca''
(Er. Marcus, 1958): synonym of ''
Tenellia perca''
* ''Cuthona peregrina''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Cratena peregrina''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cuthona phoenix''
Gosliner, 1981: synonym of ''
Tenellia phoenix''
* ''Cuthona pinnifera''
(Baba, 1949): synonym of ''
Tenellia pinnifera''
* ''Cuthona poritophages''
Rudman, 1979: synonym of ''
Tenellia poritophages''
* ''Cuthona puellula''
(Baba, 1955): synonym of ''
Tenellia puellula''
* ''Cuthona pumilio''
Bergh, 1871: synonym of ''
Tenellia pumilio''
* ''Cuthona punicea''
Millen, 1986: synonym of ''
Tenellia punicea''
* ''Cuthona purpureoanulata''
(Baba, 1961): synonym of ''
Abronica purpureoanulata
''Abronica purpureoanulata'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Abronica purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: htt ...
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* ''Cuthona pusilla''
(Bergh, 1898): synonym of ''
Tenellia pusilla''
* ''Cuthona pustulata''
(Alder & Hancock, 1854): synonym of ''
Tenellia pustulata''
* ''Cuthona riosi''
Hermosillo & Valdés, 2008: synonym of ''
Tenellia riosi''
* ''Cuthona rolleri''
Gosliner & Behrens, 1988: synonym of ''
Tenellia rolleri''
* ''Cuthona rosea''
MacFarland, 1966: synonym of ''
Cuthona divae''
(Marcus, 1961)
* ''Cuthona rubescens''
Picton & Brown, 1978: synonym of ''
Rubramoena rubescens''
* ''Cuthona rubra''
(Edmunds, 1964): synonym of ''
Tenellia rubra
''Tenellia'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.Gofas, S. (2004)''Tenellia'' A. Costa, 1866.In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-2 ...
''
* ''Cuthona rutila''
(MacFarland, 1966 as ''Cratena rutila''): synonym of ''
Tenellia lagunae''
(O'Donoghue, 1926)
* ''Cuthona schraderi''
(Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886): synonym of ''
Guyvalvoria paradoxa''
(Eliot, 1907) (nomen dubium)
* ''Cuthona scintillans''
Miller, 1977: synonym of ''
Tenellia scintillans''
* ''Cuthona sibogae''
(Bergh, 1905): synonym of ''
Tenellia sibogae''
* ''Cuthona spadix''
(MacFarland, 1966 as ''Cratena spadix''): synonym of ''
Tenellia columbiana
''Catriona columbiana'', the British Columbia aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Gabriola Pass, Nanaimo, Vancouver Islan ...
''
(O'Donoghue, 1922)
* ''Cuthona speciosa''
(Macnae, 1954): synonym of ''
Tenellia speciosa''
* ''Cuthona stimpsoni''
A. E. Verrill, 1879: synonym of ''
Flabellina salmonacea''
(Couthouy, 1838)
* ''Cuthona suecica''
(Odhner, 1940): synonym of ''
Tenellia suecica''
* ''Cuthona thompsoni''
Garcia, Lopez-Gonzalez & Garcia-Gomez, 1991: synonym of ''
Tenellia thompsoni
''Tenellia'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Trinchesiidae.Gofas, S. (2004)''Tenellia'' A. Costa, 1866.In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Registe ...
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* ''Cuthona tina''
(Er. Marcus, 1957): synonym of ''
Tenellia tina''
* ''Cuthona valentini''
(Eliot, 1907): synonym of ''
Tenellia valentini''
* ''Cuthona veronicae''
(A. E. Verrill, 1880): synonym of ''
Tenellia veronicae''
* ''Cuthona virens''
(MacFarland, 1966): synonym of ''
Tenellia virens''
* ''Cuthona viridis''
(Forbes, 1840): synonym of ''
Tenellia viridis''
* ''Cuthona willani''
Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Lopez-Gonzalez, 1992: synonym of ''
Tenellia willani''
* ''Cuthona yamasui''
Hamatani, 1993: synonym of ''
Tenellia yamasui''
* ''Cuthona zelandica''
Odhner, 1924: synonym of ''
Tenellia zelandica''
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
External links
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