Cuthona scintillans
Miller, 1977

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Tergipedidae

DISTRIBUTION

North Island, New Zealand.

PHOTO

Poor Knights Island, northeastern New Zealand. May, 1999. Approx 1 cm long. PHOTO: Shaun Cartwright.

Known only from a few records from northern New Zealand. Characterised by greenish digestive gland and yellowish spots/specks on skin.

Reference:
• Miller, M.C. (1977) Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Tergipedidae from New Zealand waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 60: 197-222.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 1) Cuthona scintillans Miller, 1977. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/cuthscin

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