Cuthona
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Cuthona is a genus
of nudibranch
in the family Tergipedidae
. It feeds on hydroids, and has polydentate radular teeth.
Cuthona is the type genus
of the subfamily Cuthoninae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
in the family Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae is a family of seaslugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Nudibranchia .- Taxonomy :...
. It feeds on hydroids, and has polydentate radular teeth.
Cuthona is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the subfamily Cuthoninae.
Species
Species in the genus Cuthona include:-
- Cuthona abronia
- Cuthona amoena
- Cuthona annulata (Baba, 1949)
- Cuthona barbadiana
- Cuthona behrensi
- Cuthona cocoachroma
- Cuthona concinna
- Cuthona caeruleaCuthona caeruleaCuthona caerulea is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae....
- Cuthona columbiana
- Cuthona destinyae
- Cuthona divae
- Cuthona diversicolor
- Cuthona flavovultaCuthona flavovultaCuthona flavovulta is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae....
- Cuthona fulgens
- Cuthona gymnota
- Cuthona hamanni
- Cuthona kanga (Edmunds, 1970)
- Cuthona kuiteri
- Cuthona lagunae
- Cuthona millenae
- Cuthona nana
- Cuthona ocellata
- Cuthona ornata Baba, 1937
- Cuthona pinnifera
- Cuthona poritophages
- Cuthona puellula
- Cuthona punicea
- Cuthona purpureoanulata
- Cuthona pustulata
- Cuthona rubescens
- Cuthona scintillans
- Cuthona sibogaeCuthona sibogaeCuthona sibogae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae....
- Cuthona speciosaCuthona speciosaCuthona speciosa, common name the "candy nudibranch", is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.- Distribution :The candy nudibranch is endemic to South Africa...
(Macnae, 1954) - Cuthona viridis
- Cuthona yamasuiCuthona yamasuiCuthona yamasui is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae....
- Cuthona zelandicaCuthona zelandicaCuthona zelandica is a species of small sea slug or aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.-References:...