Cuthona ornata

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Cuthona ornata
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The nudibranch Cuthona ornata, NW Kong Chau, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong.
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C. ornata
Binomial name
Cuthona ornata
Baba, 1937[1]
Synonyms

Trinchesia ornata (Baba, 1937)

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

Distribution

This species was described from Japan. It has been reported from the Echizen Coast, Fukui Prefecture, north-west coast of Honshu, Japan and Hong Kong, South Korea and Peter the Great Bay, Russia[3]

References

  1. Baba, K. (1937) Opisthobranchia of Japan (II). J. Dept. Agric. Kyusyu Imp. Univ. 5(7): 289-344. (Pls.1-2)
  2. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona ornata Baba, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-03
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (August 9) Cuthona ornata Baba, 1937. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.