Catriona aurantia

Catriona aurantia
The nudibranch Catriona aurantia, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Species:
C. aurantia
Binomial name
Catriona aurantia
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Aeolis bellula LovĂ©n, 1846
  • Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851
  • Catriona aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Catriona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Cratena gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)

Catriona aurantia is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. It was incorrectly synonymised with Catriona gymnota from the Western Atlantic but shown to be a distinct species by DNA analysis.

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