Cuthona phoenix Phoenix Cuthona

Cuthona phoenix is commonly referred to as Phoenix Cuthona. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA

Cuthona phoenix,San Diego County, California, 2022

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lexID:: 14360
AphiaID:: 548325

Scientific:: Cuthona phoenix
German:: Phönix-Fadenschnecke
English:: Phoenix Cuthona

Category:: Naaktslakken

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Cuthonidae (Family) > Cuthona (Genus) > phoenix (Species)
Initial determination:: Gosliner, 1981

Occurrence:: Costa Rica, Gulf of California, USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,5cm - 2cm)
Food:: Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cuthona abronia
Cuthona albocrusta
Cuthona albopunctata
Cuthona antarctica
Cuthona anulata
Cuthona barbadiana
Cuthona behrensi
Cuthona beta
Cuthona caerulea
Cuthona claviformis
Cuthona correai
Correas Cuthona
Cuthona crinita
Cuthona destinyae
Cuthona diminutiva
Cuthona distans
Cuthona divae
Rosarote Cuthona
Cuthona diversicolor
Cuthona fidenciae
Cuthona fructuosa
Cuthona futairo
Cuthona genovae
Cuthona georgiana
Cuthona giarannae
Cuthona granosa
Cuthona hamanni
Hamanns Fadenschnecke
Cuthona henrici
Cuthona herrerai
Fadenschnecke
Cuthona ilonae
Cuthona iris
Cuthona kanga
Cuthona kuiteri
Cuthona leopardina
Cuthona lizae
Fadenschnecke
Cuthona longi
Cuthona luciae
Cuthona macquariensis
Cuthona millenae
Cuthona miniostriata
Cuthona nana
Weißspitzen Fadenschnecke, Zwerg Fadenschnecke
Cuthona netsica
Cuthona ocellata
Cuthona odhneri
Cuthona paucicirra
Cuthona perca
Lost Cuthona, Lake Merritt Fadenschnecke
Cuthona phoenix
Phönix-Fadenschnecke
Cuthona puellula
Cuthona pumilio
Cuthona purpureoanulata
Cuthona pusilla
Cuthona riosi
Cuthona rolleri
Cuthona rubescens
Cuthona rubra
Cuthona sibogae
Cuthona speciosa
Cuthona suecica
Cuthona thompsoni
Thompsons Fadenschnecke
Cuthona tina
Cuthona valentini
Valentins Fadenschnecke
Cuthona veronicae
Cuthona virens
Cuthona willani
Willans Cuthona
Cuthona yamasui

More related species in this lexicon:

Cuthona sp. 01
Fadenschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-01-06 19:45:28
Last edit:: 2022-01-06 19:52:02

Info

Cuthona phoenix Gosliner, 1981

These nudibranch feed on the campanulariid hydroid, Gonothyraea serialis.

Cuthona "phoenix" is named by latinizing the name of the bird from Egyptian mythology which rose from its own ashes to renew its life. How fitting.

External links

Flickr Video (en). Abgerufen am 17.09.2023.
slugsite.us (en). Abgerufen am 06.01.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 06.01.2022.

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Spawn

Cuthona phoenix, Monterey County, California 2020

Commonly

Cuthona phoenix,San Diego County, California, 2022

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