| Cuthonella elioti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Cuthonellidae |
| Genus: | Cuthonella |
| Species: | C. elioti |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthonella elioti (Odhner, 1944) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cuthonella antarctica Eliot, 1907 | |
Cuthonella elioti is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cuthonellidae. It is a replacement name for Cuthonella antarctica Eliot, 1907 (non Aeolis antarctica Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886).
Distribution
This species was described from Winter Quarters Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica. It has been found on several occasions in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica 77°51′02.31″S 166°39′56.07″E / 77.8506417°S 166.6655750°E / -77.8506417; 166.6655750.
References
- Odhner N.H. (1944) Mollusca: Nudibranchia and Scaphopoda with zoogeographical remarks and explanations. Scientific Results of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1927–1928 21, 1–48.
- Eliot, C. N. E. (1907). Mollusca. IV. Nudibranchiata. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History 2,Mollusca,IV:1-28, 1 pl.p.23.
- Gofas, S. (2016). Cuthonella elioti (Odhner, 1944). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-22.
- Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012). Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cuthona elioti | |