''Cumanotus'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, aeolid
nudibranchs,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s. It is the only genus in the family Cumanotidae.
[MolluscaBase (2018)]
Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-11-24[Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017)]
Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda).
ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
Species
There are three species within the genus ''Cumanotus'':
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Cumanotus beaumonti
''Cumanotus beaumonti'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cumanotidae.Gofas, S. (2004)''Cumanotus beaumonti'' (Eliot, 1906).In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-16.
Distribution
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(Eliot, 1906)
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Cumanotus cuenoti
''Cumanotus cuenoti'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cumanotidae
''Cumanotus'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-larges ...
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Pruvot-Fol, 1948
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Cumanotus fernaldi
''Cumanotus fernaldi'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cumanotidae.Rosenberg, G. (2011)''Cumanotus fernaldi'' Thompson & Brown, 1984.In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-16.
Distri ...
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Thompson & Brown, 1984
References
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Cumanotidae