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Tenellia futairo

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Tenellia futairo
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C. futairo
Binomial name
Cuthona futairo
Baba, 1963[1]
Synonyms

Cuthona bicolor Baba, 1933 non Bergh, 1904

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

Distribution

This species was described from Mukaishima, Inland Sea of Seto, Japan. Also reported from Mutsu Bay, Sagami Bay; Sugashima near Toba, Osaka Bay, Saeki Bay, Amakusa and Toyama Bay in the original description.[1]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 10 mm. The body is pale orange-yellow with the tips of the oral tentacles and rhinophores deeper orange-yellow. The oral tentacles have a longitudinal opaque white band on the posterior side. The cerata have an opaque white mark below the tip on the outer surface.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Baba K. (1963). The anatomy of Cuthona futairo n. sp. (= C. bicolor of Baba, 1933) (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 11(1): 109-117. [20 July 1963]
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-13
  3. ^ Takaoka Biological Club, (2004). Trinchesia futairo, Sea Slug from the Japan Sea coasts of Middle Japan.