Catriona signifera

Catriona signifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Species: C. signifera
Binomial name
Catriona signifera
(Baba, 1961)[1]

Catriona signifera is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Tannowa, Osaka Bay, on the shore (March 1951 and 1959, 12 specimens, collected by Mr. Hamatani) and Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea, on Sargassum weed in shallow water (March 1960, 27 specimens, collected by Dr. lnaba).[1]

Description

This species has sometimes been considered to be a synonym of Diaphoreolis viridis, but unlike that species, it has oval spots of white pigment on the cerata and white rhinophores and oral tentacles.[3] There is an ovoid brown or black mark on the back, behind the rhinophores.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Baba, K (1961) Three new species of the genus Catriona from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto marine Laboratory, 9(2): 121-128, pl 14, 15.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Catriona signifera Baba, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-09
  3. ↑ Yasuhiro Shamoto, 2007 (Jul 24) Cuthona viridis? from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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