Curnonidae is a small
family
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of
sea slug
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s,
nudibranchs, shell-less
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s, in the clade
Euthyneura.
Description
The Curnonidae are a small family of
nudibranchs with representatives in the
Southern Ocean
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including
South Africa
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.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Curnonidae d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052376 on 2019-09-05][Wägele, H. (1991) Studies on the morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic nudibranch genera ''Pseudotritonia'' Thiele, 1912 and ''Telarma'' Odhner, 1934 with a discussion of the family Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (Nudibranchia: Opisthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 359-389.]
Etymology
The genus name was originally a tribute to Dr.
Jean Charcot, who led the expedition which discovered this species.
Genera
Genera and species within the family Curnonidae include:
* ''
Curnon''
d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017
** ''
Curnon granulosa''
(Vayssière, 1906)
* ''
Pseudotritonia''
Thiele, 1912
** ''
Pseudotritonia antarctica''
(Odhner, 1934)
** ''
Pseudotritonia gracilidens''
Odhner, 1944
** ''
Pseudotritonia quadrangularis
''Pseudotritonia quadrangularis'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk
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''
Thiele, 1912
Names brought into synonymy:
* ''Charcotia''
Vayssière, 1906 : synonym of ''Curnon''
d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017 (invalid: junior homonym of Charcotia Chevreux, 1906 (January)
mphipoda Curnon is a replacement name)
* ''Telarma''
Odhner, 1934 synonym of ''
Pseudotritonia''
Thiele, 1912
References
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Euthyneura
Nudibranchia
Nudipleura