Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

BeRMS taxon details

Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855

Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

AphiaID

138543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138543)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Eolis nana Alder & Hancock, 1842 accepted as Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934

Original name

Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855

Direct children (4)

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Species Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
Species Cuthona amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845) accepted as Rubramoena amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cuthona concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843) accepted as Cuthonella concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Species Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Catriona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Tenellia gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)

Environment

marine

Original description

Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138543 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138543 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2014-05-06 10:59:29Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-12-21 11:51:09Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-28 13:49:48Z

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Picton, Bernard

2018-08-15 15:52:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. 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. Zootaxa. 4526(4): 401., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.1 [details]

additional source Miller, M. C. (2004). An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Journal of Natural History. 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. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167800 [details] Available for editors