Zelentia pustulata
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| The nudibranch Cuthona pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | C. pustulata
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| Cuthona pustulata | |
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Cuthona pustulata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel.[3] Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America.[4]
Ecology
Cuthona pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae.[3]
References
- ^ Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1854. Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 2, 14(80):102-105.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-26
- ^ a b Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 23) Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.