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| Cuthonidae | |
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| From left to right: Cuthona nana, and Bohuslania matsmichaeli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934 |
| Genera | |
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See Genera | |
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Cuthonidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]
Taxonomic history
[edit]This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2]
Genera
[edit]Genera within the family Cuthonidae include:[3]
- Bohuslania Korshunova, Lundin, Malmberg, Picton & Martynov, 2018
- Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855
References
[edit]- ↑ Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-02.
- ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Martynov, Alexander; Picton, Bernard (2017-09-26). "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): 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
External links
[edit]- Tatiana Korshunova, Kennet Lundin, Klas Malmberg, Bernard Picton, Alexander Martynov: First true brackish-water nudibranch mollusc provides new insights for phylogeny and biogeography and reveals paedomorphosis-driven evolution; PLOS|ONE, March 14, 2018
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