Cuthona purpureoanulata

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Cuthona purpureoanulata
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The nudibranch Cuthona purpureoanulata, Kong Chau, Hong Kong.
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C. purpureoanulata
Binomial name
Cuthona purpureoanulata
(Baba, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Catriona purpureoanulata Baba, 1961

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

Distribution

This species was described from Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kii Peninsula and Tannowa, Osaka Bay, south coast of Honshu, Japan. It has also been reported from Hayama, Sagami Bay; Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea; Awashima, Niigata Prefecture; Mera, Fukui Prefecture and Tsuruga Bay.[1] As well as these localities in Japan it has been found in Hong Kong.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Baba, K (1961) Three new species of the genus Catriona from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto marine Laboratory, 9(2): 121-128, pl 14, 15.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-02
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 30) Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.