Cumanotus beaumonti

Cumanotus beaumonti is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cumanotidae.[2]

Cumanotus beaumonti
The nudibranch Cumanotus beaumonti, Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Cumanotidae
Genus:
Cumanotus
Species:
C. beaumonti
Binomial name
Cumanotus beaumonti
(Eliot, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Coryphella beaumonti Eliot, 1906
  • Cumanotus laticeps Odhner, 1907

Distribution

This species was described from Jennycliff Bay, Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, 50.34931°N 4.12678°W / 50.34931; -4.12678. It has been reported from the Irish Sea, Scotland and Norway.[3]

References
  1. Eliot, C. N. E. (1906). Notes on some British Nudibranchs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 7(03): 333.
  2. Gofas, S. (2004). Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-16.
  3. 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
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