Cumanotus is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. It is the only genus in the family Cumanotidae.[2][3]

Cumanotus
Cumanotus beaumonti, Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Cumanotidae
Odhner, 1907
Genus: Cumanotus
Odhner, 1907[1]

Species

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There are three species within the genus Cumanotus:

References

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  1. ^ Odhner N.H. (1907). Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the swedish state museum (riksmuseum). III. Opisthobranchia and pteropoda.. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 41: 1-118
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-11-24
  3. ^ 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.