Abronica purpureoanulata

Abronica purpureoanulata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]

Abronica purpureoanulata
The nudibranch Cuthona purpureoanulata, Kong Chau, Hong Kong.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Abronicidae
Genus: Abronica
Species:
A. purpureoanulata
Binomial name
Abronica purpureoanulata
(Baba, 1961)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Catriona purpureoanulata Baba, 1961
  • Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961)

Distribution

This species was described from Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kii Peninsula and Tannowa, Osaka Bay, south coast of Honshu, Japan. It has also been reported from Hayama, Sagami Bay; Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea; Awashima, Niigata Prefecture; Mera, Fukui Prefecture and Tsuruga Bay.[1] As well as these localities in Japan it has been found in Hong Kong.[3]

References
  1. Baba, K (1961) Three new species of the genus Catriona from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto marine Laboratory, 9(2): 121-128, pl 14, 15.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Abronica purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1036951 on 2019-01-16
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 30) Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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