Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Dexiarchia > Infraorder Aeolidida > Superfamily Fionoidea > Family Tergipedidae > Genus Cuthona

Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuthona*	Alder & Hancock, 1855	accepted genus name
*Montagua*	Fleming, 1822	later homonym
*Catriona*	Winckworth, 1941	synonym
*Cuthonella*	Bergh, 1884	synonym
*Montagua*	Fleming, 1822	synonym
*Xenocratena*	Odhner, 1940	synonym

Species group names

*Eolis nana*	Alder & Hancock, 1842	synonym
*Eolis peachii*	Alder & Hancock, 1848	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: eremittrådsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zeerasp-knotsslak; zeeraspslak

Literature

original description	Alder J. & Hancock A. (1842). Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 31-36
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141627