Cuthona pustulata

Cuthona pustulata
The nudibranch Cuthona pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland.
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. pustulata
Binomial name
Cuthona pustulata
(Alder & Hancock, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eolis pustulata Alder & Hancock, 1854

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

Distribution

This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel.[3] Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America.[4]

Ecology

Cuthona pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1854. Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 2, 14(80):102-105.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-26
  3. 1 2 Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 23) Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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