Cuthonella
| Cuthonella | |
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| Cuthonella abyssicola kryos | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Cuthonellidae |
| Genus: | Cuthonella Bergh, 1884 |
Cuthonella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cuthonellidae.
Species
Species within the genus Cuthonella include:
- Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
- Cuthonella punicea Millen, 1986
- Cuthonella sandrae Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020
Known species not provided with an alternate placement in Korshunova et al. (2025):
- Cuthonella modesta Eliot, 1907
Species originally described in Cuthonella but currently placed in synonymy include:
- Cuthonella ainu Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020 : synonym of Nella ainu
- Cuthonella anastasia Ekimova, Grishina & Nikitenko, 2024 : synonym of Nella anastasia
- Cuthonella antarctica Eliot, 1907: synonym of Galvinella antarctica Eliot, 1907
- Cuthonella benedykti Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020: synonym of Nella benedykti
- Cuthonella elioti Odhner, 1944: synonym of Galvinella antarctica Eliot, 1907
- Cuthonella berghi Friele, 1903: synonym of Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
- Cuthonella cocoachroma G. C. Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Margina cocoachroma
- Cuthonella concinna Alder & Hancock, 1843 : synonym of Fiocuthona concinna
- Cuthonella denbei Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020 : synonym of Nella denbei
- Cuthonella elenae Martynov, 2000: synonym of Penistella elenae
- Cuthonella ferruginea Friele, 1903: synonym of Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
- Cuthonella georgstelleri Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020: synonym of Nella goergstelleri
- Cuthonella hiemalis Roginskaya: synonym of Nella hiemalis
- Cuthonella norvegica Odhner, 1929: synonym of Cuthona norvegica
- Cuthonella orientosiberica Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020 : synonym of Nella orientosiberica
- Cuthonella osyoro Baba, 1940: synonym of Nella osyoro
- Cuthonella paradoxa Eliot, 1907: synonym of Guyvalvoria paradoxa
- Cuthonella rgo Korshunova & Martynov, 2022 : synonym of Nella rgo
- Cuthonella soboli Martynov, 1992: synonym of Nella soboli
- Cuthonella vasentsovichi Korshunova, N. P. Sanamyan, K. E. Sanamyan, Bakken, Lundin, Fletcher & Martynov, 2020: synonym of Victima vasentsovichi
References
- ↑ Bergh R. (1884). Report on the Nudibranchiata collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", Zoology 10 (part 26): 1-154, pl. 1-14 page(s): 23
- 1 2 3 Vinarski, M. (2024). Cuthonella Bergh, 1884. In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-03-06.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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 Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,