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 gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)

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

*Aeolis bellula*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Catriona aurantia*	(Alder & Hancock, 1842)	synonym
*Catriona gymnota*	(Couthouy, 1838)	synonym
*Eolis aurantia*	Alder & Hancock, 1842	synonym
*Eolis aurantiaca*	Alder & Hancock, 1851	synonym
*Eolis gymnota*	Couthouy, 1838	synonym
*Eolis sanguifera*	Dalyell, 1853	synonym
*Montagua gouldi*	Verrill, 1874	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gorgelpijp-knotsslak; zachtgedoornde zeenaaktslak

Literature

original description	Couthouy J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History 2 (1): 53-111, pl. 1-3
basis of record	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	Bleakney, J.S. 1996. Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax. 216 p.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838). 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:153380