Cumanotus beaumonti
Appearance
Cumanotus beaumonti | |
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The nudibranch Cumanotus beaumonti, Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Cumanotidae |
Genus: | Cumanotus |
Species: | C. beaumonti
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Binomial name | |
Cumanotus beaumonti | |
Synonyms | |
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Cumanotus beaumonti is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cumanotidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Jennycliff Bay, Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, 50°20′58″N 4°07′36″W / 50.34931°N 4.12678°W. It has been reported from the Irish Sea (including the Douglas, Isle of Man Marine Nature Reserve[3]) Scotland and Norway.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Eliot, C. N. E. (1906). Notes on some British Nudibranchs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 7(03): 333.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2004). Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-16.
- ^ https://www.gov.im/media/1376787/douglas-bay-mnr-guide_c.pdf
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2018-01-16