Cuthona genovae

Cuthona genovae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Tergipedidae
Genus:	Cuthona
Species:	C. genovae
Binomial name
Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926)[1]
Synonyms
Amphorina alberti Quatrefages, 1844 non Trinchese, 1877 Cratena genovae O'Donoghue, 1929

Cuthona genovae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Genoa, Italy. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Mulroy Bay, County Donegal ^[3] and Lough Hyne, County Cork, Ireland south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. ^{[4] [5]}

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5-6 mm.^[6]

References

1. O'Donoghue, C. H. (1929). XXXVIII. Report on the Opisthobranchia. In: Zoological results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 22(6):713-841.
2. Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
3. Nunn J (1994). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the North Coast of Ireland. Irish Nat J 24:416–417 83.
4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
5. Rudman, W.B. (2008 May 1). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
6. Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H. (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures