Cratena pilata

Cratena pilata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Cratena pilata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Crateninae
Genus:
Cratena
Species:
C. pilata
Binomial name
Cratena pilata
(Gould, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aeolis pilata Gould, 1870

Distribution

This species was described from the Atlantic coast of the United States.[3]

References
  1. Gould, A. A. 1870. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, published agreeably to an order of the legislature. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited By W. G. Binney, v + 524 pp. pls. XVIXXVII.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870). Accessed on 2018-02-17.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Jul 31) Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870) [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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