Cuthona nana

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Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Aeolidacea
Cuthona nana
One possible colour form ofCuthona nana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Cuthonidae
Genus: Cuthona
Species:
C. nana
Binomial name
Cuthona nana
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cratena hirsuta Bergh, 1864
  • Cratena rubra Volodchenko, 1941
  • Eolis nana Forbes, 1840
  • Eolis peachii Alder & Hancock, 1848

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

This species was named in 1842. In 1848 the same authors described Eolis peachii from Fowey harbour, Cornwall. The two species were considered to be the same by Brown, 1980.[3]

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