Catriona maua

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

Catriona maua
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. maua
Binomial name
Catriona maua
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Virginia Key, Miami, United States.[1]

References
  1. Marcus Ev. & Marcus Er. (1960). Opisthobranchs from American Atlantic warm waters. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 10: 129-203, page(s): 177-180, figs. 74-79
  2. Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2017). Catriona maua Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-10.
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