Guyvalvoria paradoxa

Cuthona paradoxa is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]

Guyvalvoria paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Tergipedidae
Genus:
Guyvalvoria
Species:
C. paradoxa
Binomial name
Guyvalvoria paradoxa
(Eliot, 1907)[1]
Synonyms

Cuthonella paradoxa Eliot, 1907

Distribution

This species was described from Winter Quarters, Ross Sea, Antarctica. It has been reported from McMurdo Sound.[3]

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gollark: You should make *me* the owner.
gollark: Idea: sneak into oil wells, and add enriched uranium to them, so they'll HAVE to use nuclear power!
gollark: And renewables cannot practically be scaled up enough very fast, and have all kinds of problems.
gollark: Nuclear power is definitely safer than, well, fossil fuels.

References
  1. www.biodiversitylibrary.org Eliot, C. N. E. 1907. Mollusca. IV. Nudibranchiata. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History 2,Mollusca, IV:1-28, 1 pl.p.24.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Guyvalvoria paradoxa (Eliot, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at www.marinespecies.org on 2015-02-13
  3. Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(5): 1161-1174.
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