Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia J.E. Gray, 1840
Clade: Euthyneura Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
Suborder: Dexiarchia Schrödl, Wägele & Willan, 2001
Infraorder: Aeolidida Odhner, 1934
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea J.E. Gray, 1827
Family: Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
Genus: Trinchesia von Ihering, 1879
Species: Trinchesia phoenix (Gosliner, 1981) [Cuthona] |
formerly placed in the Order: NUDIBRANCHIA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA
Originally posted at these websites as
Cuthona phoenix Gosliner, 1981
according to
Miller, M.C. 2005. An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand
species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia).
Journal of Natural History 38: 1183-1192.
has the genus Cuthona only one species: Cuthona nana
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
let me quote from the last sentence of the abstract:
"As a result the genus Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855 is
restricted to one species, C. nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842),
and the genus Trinchesia von Ihering, 1879 is re-introduced for
the rest of the species previously included in Cuthona."
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