Cuthonella cocoachroma
Cuthonella cocoachroma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Cuthonellidae |
Genus: | Cuthonella |
Species: | C. cocoachroma
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Binomial name | |
Cuthonella cocoachroma (Williams & Gosliner, 1979)[1]
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Cuthonella cocoachroma is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cuthonellidae.[2][3]
Distribution[]
This species was described from Duxbury Reef, San Francisco, United States. It has been reported as far north as the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.[4]
References[]
- ^ Williams, G.C. & Gosliner, T.M. (1979) Two new species of nudibranchiate mollusks from the west coast of North America, with a revision of the family Cuthonidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67: 203-223.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2016). Cuthonella cocoachroma (Williams & Gosliner, 1979). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Goddard, J.H.R., (2003 January 20) Cuthona cocoachroma Williams & Gosliner, 1979. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Categories:
- Cuthonellidae
- Gastropods described in 1979
- Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean
- Fauna of California
- Fauna of the Northwestern United States
- Nudipleura stubs