| Rubramoena rubescens | |
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| The nudibranch Rubramoena rubescens, Gulen Dive Centre, Norway. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura ContentsAeolidida |
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| Species: | C. rubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubramoena rubescens Picton & Brown, 1978 [1] | |
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Cuthona rubescens (Picton & Brown, 1978) | |
Rubramoena rubescens is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fionidae. [2]
This species was described from St. John's Point, Dunkineely, County Donegal, Ireland. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Norway south to Cornwall. [3]
The typical adult size of this species is 12–15 mm. It is very similar to Rubramoena amoena , apart from differences in the colour pattern. [4]
Cuthona rubescens feeds on hydroids of the genus Halecium especially Halecium halecinum . [3]
Fionidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.
Trinchesia sibogae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Cuthona is a genus of nudibranch in the family Tergipedidae.
Facelina annulicornis is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Trinchesia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae. All species were transferred to Tenellia as a result of a DNA phylogeny study in 2016. The genus was dismembered and broken into several smaller genera in 2017 with further DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of genus and family characteristics.
Doto hystrix is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto lemchei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Rubramoena amoena is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
Cuthona nana is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.
Cuthonella concinna is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fionidae.
Diaphoreolis lagunae, common name orange-face cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Trinchesia foliata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.
Trinchesia genovae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Trinchesia ocellata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Zelentia pustulata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Trinchesia caerulea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
Halecium muricatum, commonly known as the sea hedgehog hydroid, is a species of hydrozoan in the family Haleciidae. It occurs mainly in arctic and northern temperate waters, in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Halecium halecinum, commonly known as the herring-bone hydroid, is a species of hydrozoan in the family Haleciidae. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.