Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
This species is inconspicuous from a distance, but brightly-coloured on close examination. The body is transparent and colourless, with yellow tips to the oral tentacles and rhinophores. The cerata have a core of dark-green digestive gland, with bright blue pigment masking the central region of the gland and orange surface pigment over the outer third. A thin ring of orange is sometimes also present below the blue region. Typically about 10mm in length.
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Distribution
Distribution
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, European waters (ERMS scope), Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Irish Exclusive economic Zone, Portugese Exclusive Economic Zone, Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, Wimereux
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Müller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9269
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Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1
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Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
http://www.marinespecies.org/mollusca/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1364
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2011). Species.ie version 1.0 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (version of 15 March 2010).
http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149068
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Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.) (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Oeiras, 432 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149079
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Ramos, M. (ed.). 2010. IBERFAUNA. The Iberian Fauna Databank
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149024
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Koukouras, Athanasios. (2010). Check-list of marine species from Greece. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Assembled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=142068
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World Register of Marine Species
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Distribution
Found all round the British Isles, and from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea. Similar colouring in closely related species such as C. ornata from Japan and Hong Kong suggest that there are several similar species on a worldwide scale, and records of this species from Brazil and Florida should probably be referred to a separate species.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 11 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 2.7 - 33
Temperature range (°C): 11.190 - 11.768
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.972 - 7.121
Salinity (PPS): 35.030 - 35.334
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 6.261
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.344 - 0.439
Silicate (umol/l): 2.489 - 3.137
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 2.7 - 33
Temperature range (°C): 11.190 - 11.768
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.972 - 7.121
Salinity (PPS): 35.030 - 35.334
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 6.261
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.344 - 0.439
Silicate (umol/l): 2.489 - 3.137
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 2.7 - 33
Temperature range (°C): 11.190 - 11.768
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.972 - 7.121
Salinity (PPS): 35.030 - 35.334
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 6.261
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.344 - 0.439
Silicate (umol/l): 2.489 - 3.137
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 2.7 - 33
Temperature range (°C): 11.190 - 11.768
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.972 - 7.121
Salinity (PPS): 35.030 - 35.334
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 6.261
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.344 - 0.439
Silicate (umol/l): 2.489 - 3.137
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Habitat
Feeds on hydroids of the genus Sertularella, especially Sertularella polyzonias. The spawn is a thin, white, scalloped ribbon wound amongst the food.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cuthona caerulea
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Species: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia
Cuthona caerulea
Cuthona caerulea is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae.
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Description
The maximum recorded length is 25 mm.[1]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[1] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[1]
References
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