Cuthona columbiana
(O'Donoghue, 1922)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Tergipedidae

PHOTO

Plumper Rock, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. August, 2001
Depth: 20 meters, Length: 10mm. Photo: Marli Wakeling

"quite common in British Columbia, is slender, and always has orange on the rhinophores, but may lack orange on the oral tentacles. The cerata are in simple transverse rows and have a smooth white line on them. The ceratal cores can be orange, reddish or brownish-orange" .... Sandra Millen

See message below.
See Sandra Millen"s message comparing this species with Cuthona punicea.

Reference:
• Millen, S.V. (1986) Northern primitive tergipedid nudibranchs, with a description of a new species from the Canadian Pacific. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 64: 1356-1362.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 11) Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/catrcolu

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