Species under Cuthona
n= 50
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Cuthona abronia
(MacFarland, 1966)
Colorful Cuthona Eastern Pacific 1.3
Cuthona abyssicola
(Bergh, 1884)
Northeast Atlantic
Cuthona albocrusta
(MacFarland, 1966)
White-crust Cuthona Indo-Pacific 1.2
Cuthona albopunctata
(Schmekel, 1968)
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona amoena
(Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona annulata
(Baba, 1949)
Indo-West Pacific
Cuthona antarctica
(Pfeffer, 1886)
Western Atlantic
Cuthona barbadiana
Edmunds & Just, 1983
Western Atlantic 0.6
Cuthona caerulea
(Montagu, 1804)
Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea 1
Cuthona claviformis
Vicente, 1974
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cuthona cocoachroma
Williams & Gosliner, 1979
Brown Cuthona Eastern Pacific 1.5
Cuthona concinna
(Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Neat aeolid Arctic, Atlantic and Eastern Pacific 1.5
Cuthona divae
(Marcus, 1961)
Rose-pink Cuthona Eastern Pacific 1.8
Cuthona flavovulta
(MacFarland, 1966)
Yellowish Cuthona Eastern Pacific 1
Cuthona foliata
(Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona fulgens
(MacFarland, 1966)
Black-and-yellow Cuthona Eastern Pacific 0.8
Cuthona genovae
(O'Donoghue, 1926)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona georgiana
(Pfeffer, 1886)
Pacific Ocean, Western Atlantic, and the Antarctic 1.5
Cuthona granosa
(Schmekel, 1966)
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona gymnota
(Couthouy, 1838)
Orange-tip Cuthona Western Atlantic, Arctic and the Mediterranean Sea 2.3
Cuthona hamanni
Behrens, 1987
Hamann's aeolid Eastern Pacific 1.4
Cuthona ilonae
(Schmekel, 1968)
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona iris
Edmunds & Just, 1983
Western Atlantic 1.2
Cuthona kanga
(Edmunds, 1970)
Western Indian Ocean
Cuthona lagunae
(O'Donoghue, 1926)
Orange-face Cuthona Eastern Pacific 1.4
Cuthona leopardina
(Vayssière, 1888)
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona lizae
Angulo & Valdés, 2003
Liza's aeolid Eastern Central Pacific 0.6
Cuthona longi
Behrens, 1985
Long's aeolid Eastern Central Pacific 3.2
Cuthona miniostriata
(Schmekel, 1968)
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona nana
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific 1
Cuthona ocellata
(Schmekel, 1966)
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona odhneri
Marcus, 1959
Southeast Pacific
Cuthona pallida
(Eliot, 1906)
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona perca
(Marcus, 1958)
Lake Meritt Cuthona Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean 1.5
Cuthona phoenix
Gosliner, 1981
The phoenix aeolid Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic 1.7
Cuthona pumilio
Bergh, 1871
Atlantic Ocean 0.2
Cuthona punicea
Millen, 1986
Pomegranate aeolid Eastern Pacific 2.4
Cuthona purpurea
(Stimpson, 1853)
Western Atlantic 2.5
Cuthona pustulata
(Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Pimpled aeolid Eastern Pacific and Northeast Atlantic 2
Cuthona rolleri
Behrens & Gosliner, 1988
Roller's aeolid Eastern Pacific 1.5
Cuthona rubescens
Picton & Brown, 1978
Northeast Atlantic
Cuthona rubra
(Edmunds, 1964)
Western Atlantic 0.45
Cuthona schraderi
(Pfeffer, 1886)
Western Atlantic 1
Cuthona speciosa
(Macnae, 1954)
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean
Cuthona thompsoni
Garcia, Lopez-Gonzalez & Garcia-Gomez, 1991
Mediterranean Sea
Cuthona tina
(Marcus, 1957)
Western Atlantic 0.45
Cuthona veronicae
(Verrill, 1880)
Western Atlantic 2.5
Cuthona virens
(MacFarland, 1966)
Green Cuthona Eastern Pacific 0.6
Cuthona viridis
(Forbes, 1840)
Viridis aeolid Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean 1.1
Cuthona yamasui
Hamatani, 1993
Indo-West Pacific
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