Cuthona divae

Cuthona divae, the rose-pink cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cuthonidae.^[2]

Cuthona divae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Cuthonidae
Genus:	Cuthona
Species:	C. divae
Binomial name
Cuthona divae (Er. Marcus, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
Precuthona divae Er. Marcus, 1961 - basionym Cratena rosea MacFarland, 1966

Distribution

This species was described from Dillon Beach, California, United States. It has subsequently been reported from the Pacific Ocean coast of North America from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, to Point Loma, San Diego, California.^[3]

Ecology

Cuthona divae is reported to feed on the hydroids Hydractinia and Clavactinia milleri, family Hydractiniidae.^[4]