Cuthona lagunae
| Cuthona lagunae | |
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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. lagunae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926)[1] | |
Cuthona lagunae, common name orange-face cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Curry County, Oregon, United States to Bahía Tortugas, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California, Mexico.[3]
Ecology
Cuthona lagunae feeds on the hydroid Sertularella turgida, family Sertulariidae.[4]
References
- ↑ O’Donoghue, C.H. (1926). A list of the nudibranchiate Mollusca recorded from the Pacific coast of North America, with notes on their distribution. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 15(2):199-247.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-30
- ↑ McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (2000) (July 10) Cuthona lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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