Catriona maua is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Catriona maua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Species:
C. maua
Binomial name
Catriona maua
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960[1]

Distribution edit

This species was described from Virginia Key, Miami, United States.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Marcus Ev. & Marcus Er. (1960). Opisthobranchs from American Atlantic warm waters. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 10: 129-203, page(s): 177-180, figs. 74-79
  2. ^ Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2017). Catriona maua Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-10.