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Cuthona hamanni Hamann's Aeolid

Cuthona hamanni is commonly referred to as Hamann's Aeolid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Cuthona hamanni (Bird Rock).About 6 mm long.2018


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lexID:
13461 
AphiaID:
548009 
Scientific:
Cuthona hamanni 
German:
Hamanns Fadenschnecke 
English:
Hamann's Aeolid 
Category:
Ślimaki nagoskrzelne 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Cuthonidae (Family) > Cuthona (Genus) > hamanni (Species) 
Initial determination:
Behrens, 1987 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,4cm) 
Food:
Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-12-22 20:35:17 

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Cuthona hamanni Behrens, 1987

This species was described from La Jolla, California.

The body is translucent white with fine opaque white spots scattereed all over the dorsum and cerata. There are also irregular patches of a dull brown on the dorsum. The upper third of the smooth rhinophores and oral tentacles, have white pigmentation, and the middle third is brown.

The ceratal wall is translucent clear with small opaque white spots scattered all over except at the tip. The ceratal digestive gland ranges in colour from light reddish brown to dark brown, except at the base, which is dark greenish in colour.

Nudibranch genus Cuthona feeds on hydroids.

External links

  1. seaslugforum.net (en). Abgerufen am 22.12.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 22.12.2020.

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