Crimora lutea

Crimora lutea is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Crimora lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Triophinae
Genus:
Crimora
Species:
C. lutea
Binomial name
Crimora lutea
Baba, 1949[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Japan.[1] It has subsequently been reported from Western Australia[3], New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia [4] and Hawaii.[5]

References
  1. Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Crimora lutea Baba, 1949. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-13
  3. Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (October 24) Crimora lutea Baba, 1949. In Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney
  5. Pittman, C. and Fiene, P. (2014) Crimora lutea. In: Sea slugs of Hawaii, Accessed 7 May 2014
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