Catriona gymnota | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Catriona |
Species: | C. gymnota
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Binomial name | |
Catriona gymnota | |
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Catriona gymnota is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
This species was described from Massachusetts Bay, on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the US. It is reported from the NW Atlantic from Canada to New Jersey. [3] DNA evidence suggests that the NE Atlantic specimens previously thought to be this species actually belong to a separate species and should therefore be called Catriona aurantia. [4] [5]
This species has a translucent white body and slightly swollen cerata. The digestive gland is orange pink in colour and the tips of the cerata have a broad white band of tiny epidermal glands. In larger specimens the rhinophores develop a pale orange suffusion. The foot is broad and rounded anteriorly. Large individuals may exceed 20 mm in length.
Media related to
Cuthona gymnota at Wikimedia Commons
Catriona gymnota | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Catriona |
Species: | C. gymnota
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Binomial name | |
Catriona gymnota | |
Synonyms | |
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Catriona gymnota is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
This species was described from Massachusetts Bay, on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the US. It is reported from the NW Atlantic from Canada to New Jersey. [3] DNA evidence suggests that the NE Atlantic specimens previously thought to be this species actually belong to a separate species and should therefore be called Catriona aurantia. [4] [5]
This species has a translucent white body and slightly swollen cerata. The digestive gland is orange pink in colour and the tips of the cerata have a broad white band of tiny epidermal glands. In larger specimens the rhinophores develop a pale orange suffusion. The foot is broad and rounded anteriorly. Large individuals may exceed 20 mm in length.
Media related to
Cuthona gymnota at Wikimedia Commons