Cuthona is a genus of nudibranch in the family Tergipedidae.[1]
Ecology
Cuthona species feed on hydroids, and have uniseriate radulae with polydentate radular teeth.[2]
Taxonomic history
The type species of Cuthona is Cuthona nana, (Alder & Hancock, 1842). Some authorities consider the genera Catriona and Trinchesia to be synonymous with Cuthona. Most Cuthona species were transferred to other genera as a result of DNA phylogeny studies in 2016 and 2017.[3][4]
Species
Species in the genus Cuthona include:[1]
- Species brought into synonymy
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Cuthona abronia (MacFarland, 1966): synonym of Abronica abronia
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Cuthona abyssicola (Bergh, 1884): synonym of Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
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Cuthona acinosa (Risbec, 1928): synonym of Tenellia acinosa
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Cuthona akibai Baba, 1984: synonym of Tenellia akibai
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Cuthona albocrusta (MacFarland, 1966): synonym of Tenellia albocrusta
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Cuthona albopunctata (Schmekel, 1968): synonym of Tenellia albopunctata
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Cuthona alpha Baba & Hamatani, 1963: synonym of Tenellia alpha (Baba & Hamatani, 1963)
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Cuthona amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of Rubramoena amoena
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Cuthona antarctica (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886): synonym of Tenellia antarctica
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Cuthona anulata (Baba, 1949): synonym of Tenellia anulata
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Cuthona barbadiana Edmunds & Just, 1983: synonym of Tenellia barbadiana
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Cuthona behrensi Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007: synonym of Tenellia behrensi
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Cuthona berghi (Friele, 1902): synonym of Cuthonella berghi
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Cuthona beta (Baba & Abe, 1964): synonym of Tenellia beta
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Cuthona bractea Burn, 1962: synonym of Tularia bractea (Burn, 1962)
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Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804) synonym of Trinchesia caerulea
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Cuthona claviformis Vicente, 1974: synonym of Tenellia claviformis
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Cuthona cocoachroma Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Cuthonella cocoachroma
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Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922): synonym of Tenellia columbiana
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Cuthona concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843): synonym of Cuthonella concinna
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Cuthona correai Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2002: synonym of Tenellia correai
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Cuthona crinita Minichev, 1972: synonym of Tenellia crinita
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Cuthona destinyae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007: synonym of Tenellia destinyae
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Cuthona diminutiva Gosliner, 1980: synonym of Tenellia diminutiva
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Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922: synonym of Tenellia distans
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Cuthona diversicolor Baba, 1975: synonym of Tenellia diversicolor
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Cuthona elenae (Martynov, 2000): synonym of Cuthonella elenae
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Cuthona elioti Odhner, 1944: synonym of Cuthonella elioti
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Cuthona ferruginea (Friele, 1902): synonym of Cuthonella ferruginea
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Cuthona fidenciae (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999): synonym of Tenellia fidenciae
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Cuthona flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966): synonym of Tenellia flavovulta
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Cuthona foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839): synonym of Tenellia foliata
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Cuthona fructuosa (Bergh, 1892): synonym of Tenellia fructuosa
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Cuthona fulgens (MacFarland, 1966): synonym of Tenellia fulgens
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Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963: synonym of Tenellia futairo
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Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929): synonym of Tenellia genovae
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Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886): synonym of Tenellia georgiana
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Cuthona giarannae Valdés, Moran & Woods, 2012 : synonym of Tenellia giarannae[5]
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Cuthona granosa (Schmekel, 1966): synonym of Tenellia granosa
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Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838): synonym of Tenellia gymnota
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Cuthona hamanni Behrens, 1987: synonym of Tenellia hamanni
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Cuthona henrici Eliot, 1916: synonym of Tenellia henrici
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Cuthona herrerai Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002: synonym of Tenellia herrerai
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Cuthona hiemalis Roginskaya, 1987: synonym of Cuthonella hiemalis (Roginskaya, 1987)
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Cuthona ilonae (Schmekel, 1968): synonym of Tenellia ilonae
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Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983: synonym of Tenellia iris
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Cuthona japonica Baba, 1937: synonym of Godiva japonica (Baba, 1937)
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Cuthona kanga (Edmunds, 1970): synonym of Tenellia kanga
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Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981: synonym of Tenellia kuiteri
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Cuthona lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926): synonym of Tenellia lagunae
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Cuthona leopardina (Vayssière, 1888): synonym of Tenellia leopardina
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Cuthona lizae Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003: synonym of Tenellia lizae
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Cuthona longi Behrens, 1985: synonym of Tenellia longi
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Cuthona luciae Valdés, Medrano & Bhave, 2016: synonym of Tenellia luciae[6]
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Cuthona macquariensis (Burn, 1973): synonym of Tenellia macquariensis
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Cuthona marisalbi Roginskaya, 1963: synonym of Cuthonella concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
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Cuthona millenae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007: synonym of Tenellia millenae
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Cuthona miniostriata (Schmekel, 1968): synonym of Tenellia miniostriata
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Cuthona modesta (Eliot, 1907): synonym of Cuthonella modesta
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Cuthona netsica (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960): synonym of Tenellia netsica
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Cuthona norvegica (Odhner, 1929): synonym of Cuthonella norvegica
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Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966): synonym of Tenellia ocellata
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Cuthona odhneri Er. Marcus, 1959: synonym of Tenellia odhneri
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Cuthona ornata Baba, 1937: synonym of Tenellia ornata
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Cuthona pallida (Eliot, 1906): synonym of Tenellia pallida
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Cuthona paucicirra Minichev, 1972: synonym of Tenellia paucicirra
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Cuthona perca (Er. Marcus, 1958): synonym of Tenellia perca
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Cuthona peregrina (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791)
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Cuthona phoenix Gosliner, 1981: synonym of Tenellia phoenix
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Cuthona pinnifera (Baba, 1949): synonym of Tenellia pinnifera
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Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979: synonym of Tenellia poritophages
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Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955): synonym of Tenellia puellula
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Cuthona pumilio Bergh, 1871: synonym of Tenellia pumilio
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Cuthona punicea Millen, 1986: synonym of Tenellia punicea
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Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961): synonym of Abronica purpureoanulata
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Cuthona pusilla (Bergh, 1898): synonym of Tenellia pusilla
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Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854): synonym of Tenellia pustulata
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Cuthona riosi Hermosillo & Valdés, 2008: synonym of Tenellia riosi
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Cuthona rolleri Gosliner & Behrens, 1988: synonym of Tenellia rolleri
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Cuthona rosea MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Cuthona divae (Marcus, 1961)
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Cuthona rubescens Picton & Brown, 1978: synonym of Rubramoena rubescens
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Cuthona rubra (Edmunds, 1964): synonym of Tenellia rubra
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Cuthona rutila (MacFarland, 1966 as Cratena rutila): synonym of Tenellia lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926)
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Cuthona schraderi (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886): synonym of Guyvalvoria paradoxa (Eliot, 1907) (nomen dubium)
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Cuthona scintillans Miller, 1977: synonym of Tenellia scintillans
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Cuthona sibogae (Bergh, 1905): synonym of Tenellia sibogae
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Cuthona spadix (MacFarland, 1966 as Cratena spadix): synonym of Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)
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Cuthona speciosa (Macnae, 1954): synonym of Tenellia speciosa
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Cuthona stimpsoni A. E. Verrill, 1879: synonym of Flabellina salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838)
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Cuthona suecica (Odhner, 1940): synonym of Tenellia suecica
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Cuthona thompsoni Garcia, Lopez-Gonzalez & Garcia-Gomez, 1991: synonym of Tenellia thompsoni
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Cuthona tina (Er. Marcus, 1957): synonym of Tenellia tina
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Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907): synonym of Tenellia valentini
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Cuthona veronicae (A. E. Verrill, 1880): synonym of Tenellia veronicae
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Cuthona virens (MacFarland, 1966): synonym of Tenellia virens
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Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840): synonym of Tenellia viridis
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Cuthona willani Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Lopez-Gonzalez, 1992: synonym of Tenellia willani
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Cuthona yamasui Hamatani, 1993: synonym of Tenellia yamasui
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Cuthona zelandica Odhner, 1924: synonym of Tenellia zelandica
References
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^ Gosliner, Terrence (1981). "A New Species of Tergipedid Nudibranch from the Coast of California". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 47 (2): 200–205. Archived from the original on 2015-01-31.
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^ Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
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^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
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^ 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. doi:10.1017/S0025315411000348
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^ Valdés A., Medrano S. & Bhave V. (2016). "A new species of Cuthona Alder and Hancock, 1855 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia: Tergipedidae) from the Caribbean Sea". The Nautilus 130(2): 72-78.
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