MSBIAS taxon details
Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855
138543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138543)
accepted
Genus
- Species Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
- Species Cuthona abyssicola (Bergh, 1884) accepted as Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
- Species Cuthona amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845) accepted as Rubramoena amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)
- Species Cuthona concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843) accepted as Fiocuthona concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
- Species Cuthona foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839) accepted as Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839) accepted as Tenellia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)
- Species Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) accepted as Trinchesia genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) accepted as Tenellia genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926)
- Species Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Catriona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Tenellia gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
- Species Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854) accepted as Tenellia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cuthona rubescens Picton & G. H. Brown, 1978 accepted as Rubramoena rubescens (Picton & G. H. Brown, 1978)
- Species Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840) accepted as Diaphoreolis viridis (Forbes, 1840)
marine
Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). <i>A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species</i>. London: Ray Society. Part 1 (1845): fam. 1, pls 4, 5, 26; fam. 3, pls 3, 21, 24, 26, 34-36. Part 2 (1846): fam. 1, pls 10, 13, 18, 23; fam. 3, pls 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 23, 30, 42. Part 3 (1847): fam. 1, pls 6, 8, 19, 25; fam. 2, pl. 3; fam. 3, pls 1a, 7, 19, 28, 31, 33. Part 4 (1848): fam. 1, pls 7, 14, 20, 21, 24; fam. 2, pl. 5; fam. 3, pls 11, 13, 14, 20, 25, 40. Part 5 (1851): fam. 1, pls 1, 2, 12, 15, 16, 22; fam. 2, pl. 4; fam. 3, pls 5, 16, 17, 27, 37, 39, 43. Part 6 (1854): fam. 1, pls 3, 9, 11, 17; fam. 3, pls 9, 10, 18, 22, 29, 32, 41, 44. Part 7 (1855): pp. 1-54, fam. 1, pls 21a, 27; fam. 2, pls 1, 2; fam. 3, pls. 38a, 45-48. Appendix, pp. i-xl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41957697
page(s): Appendix: xxii [details]
page(s): Appendix: xxii [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138543 on 2026-06-26
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138543 on 2026-06-26
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Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). <i>A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species</i>. London: Ray Society. Part 1 (1845): fam. 1, pls 4, 5, 26; fam. 3, pls 3, 21, 24, 26, 34-36. Part 2 (1846): fam. 1, pls 10, 13, 18, 23; fam. 3, pls 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 23, 30, 42. Part 3 (1847): fam. 1, pls 6, 8, 19, 25; fam. 2, pl. 3; fam. 3, pls 1a, 7, 19, 28, 31, 33. Part 4 (1848): fam. 1, pls 7, 14, 20, 21, 24; fam. 2, pl. 5; fam. 3, pls 11, 13, 14, 20, 25, 40. Part 5 (1851): fam. 1, pls 1, 2, 12, 15, 16, 22; fam. 2, pl. 4; fam. 3, pls 5, 16, 17, 27, 37, 39, 43. Part 6 (1854): fam. 1, pls 3, 9, 11, 17; fam. 3, pls 9, 10, 18, 22, 29, 32, 41, 44. Part 7 (1855): pp. 1-54, fam. 1, pls 21a, 27; fam. 2, pls 1, 2; fam. 3, pls. 38a, 45-48. Appendix, pp. i-xl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41957697
page(s): Appendix: xxii [details]
context source (Deepsea) Valdés, Á.; Lundsten, L.; Wilson, N. G. (2018). Five new deep-sea species of nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cladobranchia) from the Northeast Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4526(4): 401., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 34; note: restricted to only three valid species, the type C. nana (Alder and Hancock, 1842), C. divae Er.Marcus, 1961, and C. hermitophila Martynov et al., 2015; all other 'Cuthona'...
[details] Available for editors
additional source Miller, M. C. (2004). An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 38: 1183-1192. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 11(12): e0167800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167800 [details] Available for editors
page(s): Appendix: xxii [details]
context source (Deepsea) Valdés, Á.; Lundsten, L.; Wilson, N. G. (2018). Five new deep-sea species of nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cladobranchia) from the Northeast Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4526(4): 401., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 34; note: restricted to only three valid species, the type C. nana (Alder and Hancock, 1842), C. divae Er.Marcus, 1961, and C. hermitophila Martynov et al., 2015; all other 'Cuthona'...
restricted to only three valid species, the type C. nana (Alder and Hancock, 1842), C. divae Er.Marcus, 1961, and C. hermitophila Martynov et al., 2015; all other 'Cuthona' sp. assigned to other genera or pending reallocation
additional source Miller, M. C. (2004). An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 38: 1183-1192. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 11(12): e0167800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167800 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuthona)
To Genbank
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095638)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095638)
To ITIS
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