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Cuthona nana nudibranch

Cuthona nanais commonly referred to as nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

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lexID:
6006 
AphiaID:
141627 
Scientific:
Cuthona nana 
German:
Weißspitzen Fadenschnecke, Zwerg Fadenschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Cuthonidae (Family) > Cuthona (Genus) > nana (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Alder & Hancock, ), 1842 
Occurrence:
European Coasts, France, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Fjords, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Stony soils 
Size:
0.47" - 0.79" (1.2cm - 2,8cm) 
Temperature:
3,5 °F - 68 °F (3,5°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-11-28 15:39:13 

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Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Cuthona nana is pink in colour, because many pink tentacles are available. The cerata and rhinophores have pale tips.The body of Cuthona nana is translucent white. The cerata are more numerous than in other cuthona species.This is a distinctive feature to other cuthona species.

Synonymised names:
Cratena hirsuta Bergh, 1864
Cratena rubra Volodchenko, 1941
Eolis nana Alder & Hancock, 1842
Eolis peachii Alder & Hancock, 1848 (synonym)

Scientific paper

  1. Development of the Eolid Nudibranch Cuthona nana (Alder and Hancock, 1842), and Its Relationship with a Hydroid and Hermit Crab, Brian R. Rivest, 1978

External links

  1. artsdatabanken (no). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Encyclopedia of marine life of Britain and Ireland (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. YouTube - Video (en). Abgerufen am 28.11.2023.

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