Cuthona sp.

Grandez, Alessandra, Ampuero, Andre & Barahona, Sergio P., 2023, Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): an updated literature review-based list of species, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 117-163 : 117

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1176.103167
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scientific name	Cuthona sp.
status

Treatment

Cuthona sp. View in CoL View at ENA

Habitat.

Benthic.

Depth.

5-7 m ( Nakamura 2006).

Distribution.

Northern coast of Peru.

Sampling/reporting sites.

Cancas (Tumbes, 03°56'S) ( Nakamura 2006).

Remarks.

Description provides a length of 5 mm, body completely white, including rhinophores and oral tentacles with a translucent base. In addition, the specimen had dark, reddish-brown cerata without the white tip, which would differentiate it from other species of the genus ( Nakamura 2006).

Family Fionidae Gray, 1857