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<mods:title id="38FCE33BD880DC4DE0E2C3890C0B7E12">An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)</mods:title>
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as
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA64228FE16AC82FE37" authority="Miller, 2004" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[554,766,404,428]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA64228FE16AC82FE37" box="[554,766,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Cuthona scintillans</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20F57D6FFE7FFA64305FE17AD1FFE37" box="[775,867,405,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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in Miller (1977)
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6413BFE56ACF8FE77" box="[313,644,468,492]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Additional material examined</emphasis>
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Locality, site and date as for
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA642B6FE76AD6FFD97" box="[692,787,500,524]" class="Gastropoda" family="Trinchesiidae" genus="Trinchesia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="alpha">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA642B6FE76AD6FFD97" box="[692,787,500,524]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. alpha</emphasis>
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(see above):
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<specimenCount id="9D4EFD36FFE7FFA643AEFE76AA23FD97" box="[940,1119,500,524]" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
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(lengths five and six mm).
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<paragraph id="8BF736BFFFE7FFA6413BFDD6AA1EFD10" blockId="6.[313,1122,596,651]" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6413BFDD6ACDAFDF7" box="[313,678,596,620]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Additions to previous description</emphasis>
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Rhinophores nearly one-third length of body, bases close together.
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<paragraph id="8BF736BFFFE7FFA6413BFD31AFF9FD50" blockId="6.[313,1268,691,875]" box="[313,389,691,715]" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6413BFD31AFF9FD50" box="[313,389,691,715]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Colour</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BF736BFFFE7FFA64163FD51AC89FCF0" blockId="6.[313,1268,691,875]" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Opaque white pigment on tail from hindmost cerata to near tip, pale yellow surface pigment crystalline, ceratal diverticula fawn and olive green, pale green and dark olive, or pale and dark green, darker pigment, granular, at ends and midway, thus forming two light and three dark zones (figure 2). These observations add just a little to the original characterisation.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6413BFC10AFE0FC31" box="[313,412,914,938]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Remarks</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF736BFFFE7FFA74163FC30AD47FD70" blockId="6.[313,1269,914,1544]" lastBlockId="7.[313,1269,181,747]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="1189" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">
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When re-describing the boreo-arctic species
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA6437FFC30AA93FC51" authority="(Forbes, 1840)" baseAuthorityName="Forbes" baseAuthorityYear="1840" box="[893,1263,946,970]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridis">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6437FFC30AA51FC51" box="[893,1069,946,970]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Cuthona viridis</emphasis>
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(Forbes, 1840)
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, Brown (1980) found it almost indistinguishable from three other ‘green’ species, one of them being
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA641DEFC71AC16FB91" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[476,618,1010,1034]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA641DEFC71AC16FB91" box="[476,618,1010,1034]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. It is unfortunate that Bleakney (1996), on no additional evidence, actually united these species, a change not made by Brown (1980) nor by Thompson and Brown (1984). A comparison of all four species had been made when
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA6417CFBD0AC72FBF1" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[382,526,1106,1130]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6417CFBD0AC72FBF1" box="[382,526,1106,1130]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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was first described, and separation of them maintained. At that time
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA6417BFBF0AC72FB11" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[377,526,1138,1162]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6417BFBF0AC72FB11" box="[377,526,1138,1162]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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was considered closest to
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA64359FBF0ADBAFB11" baseAuthorityName="Forbes" baseAuthorityYear="1840" box="[859,966,1138,1162]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridis">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA64359FBF0ADBAFB11" box="[859,966,1138,1162]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. viridis</emphasis>
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, these two species being distinguished by differences in surface pigmentation, shape of the foot angles, length of the oral tentacles, and number of lateral denticles on the radular tooth (Miller, 1977)—these differences are clear still. As well as examining the specimens of
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA6413BFB70AFB7FA92" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[313,459,1265,1289]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA6413BFB70AFB7FA92" box="[313,459,1265,1289]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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collected recently (see above), I have referred to my notes, drawings and photographs of specimens of
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA642B8FA90AD63FAB2" baseAuthorityName="Forbes" baseAuthorityYear="1840" box="[698,799,1297,1321]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridis">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA642B8FA90AD63FAB2" box="[698,799,1297,1321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. viridis</emphasis>
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collected from Manx waters in the 1950s and off
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<collectingRegion id="498CF85DFFE7FFA64197FAB3AC7BFAD2" box="[405,519,1329,1353]" country="United Kingdom" name="Plymouth" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Plymouth</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F35F762FFFE7FFA64217FAB3AC08FAD2" box="[533,628,1329,1353]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">England</collectingCountry>
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and the Isle of Cumbrae,
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<collectingCountry id="F35F762FFFE7FFA643A9FAB3AA72FAD2" box="[939,1038,1329,1353]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">Scotland</collectingCountry>
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during 1990. There are other distinctive characters: in
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA642CDFAD3AD1CFAF2" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[719,864,1361,1385]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA642CDFAD3AD1CFAF2" box="[719,864,1361,1385]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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the body is transparent colourless or very pale yellowish, oral veil large and elliptical, rhinophores taper from wide bases, cerata are long and linear and the colour of the diverticula distinctly zoned (dark granules aggregated), radular tooth has a wide blade and long limbs; in
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE7FFA644D8FA33AF00FA73" baseAuthorityName="Forbes" baseAuthorityYear="1840" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridis">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE7FFA644D8FA33AF00FA73" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="1188">C. viridis</emphasis>
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the body is translucent almost opaque pale yellow or greenish yellow, oral veil small and almost angular, rhinophores short and only slightly tapered, cerata short, clavate and carried on low ridges and colour of the diverticula even (dark granules dispersed), radular tooth has a narrow blade and short limbs. When photographs of the two species are compared, it is immediately apparent that they are different—the ‘gestalt’ shows this difference much more clearly than a comparison of separate characters. This applies to the other two species,
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA743EFFEB7AA88FED7" authority="Baba, 1961" authorityName="Baba" authorityYear="1961" box="[1005,1268,308,333]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="signifera">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA743EFFEB7AA12FED6" box="[1005,1134,309,333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. signifera</emphasis>
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Baba, 1961
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA74172FED7AD7BFEF7" authority="(MacFarland, 1966)" baseAuthorityName="MacFarland" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[368,775,340,364]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="albocrusta">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA74172FED7AC75FEF7" box="[368,521,340,364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. albocrusta</emphasis>
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(MacFarland, 1966)
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</taxonomicName>
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, which in individual characters are more easily distinguished from
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA74259FEF7AC95FE17" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[603,745,372,396]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA74259FEF7AC95FE17" box="[603,745,372,396]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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than
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA7432EFEF7ADEDFE17" baseAuthorityName="Forbes" baseAuthorityYear="1840" box="[812,913,372,396]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridis">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA7432EFEF7ADEDFE17" box="[812,913,372,396]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. viridis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. When describing
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA74467FEF7AA88FE17" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[1125,1268,372,396]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA74467FEF7AA88FE17" box="[1125,1268,372,396]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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I overlooked two other known ‘green’ species. One of these is
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA74428FE16AFADFE57" authority="(Burn, 1962)" baseAuthorityName="Burn" baseAuthorityYear="1962" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridiana">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA74428FE16AA88FE37" box="[1066,1268,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">Cuthona viridiana</emphasis>
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(Burn, 1962)
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which differs from
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA742C3FE37AD29FE57" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[705,853,436,460]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA742C3FE37AD29FE57" box="[705,853,436,460]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. scintillans</emphasis>
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in having a yellowish green body, green rhinophores distally, dark green digestive diverticula, yellow cnidosacs, and a low-arched radular tooth (Burn, 1963, 1964). The other is
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA743E5FE76AF05FDB7" authority="(MacFarland, 1966)" baseAuthorityName="MacFarland" baseAuthorityYear="1966" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="virens">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA743E5FE76AA37FD97" box="[999,1099,500,524]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. virens</emphasis>
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(MacFarland, 1966)
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which is said to be an ‘extremely rare’ Californian species. Photographs of this species (
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and Nybakken, 1980; Behrens, 1991) suggest close similarity to
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA7415AFDD6AFC1FDF7" baseAuthorityName="Forbes" baseAuthorityYear="1840" box="[344,445,596,620]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridis">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA7415AFDD6AFC1FDF7" box="[344,445,596,620]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. viridis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. A comparison of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA74291FDD6AC89FDF0" baseAuthorityName="MacFarland" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[659,757,596,619]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="virens">
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<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA74291FDD6AC89FDF0" box="[659,757,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. virens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA7432DFDD6ADEFFDF7" baseAuthorityName="Forbes" baseAuthorityYear="1840" box="[815,915,596,620]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="viridis">
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||
<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA7432DFDD6ADEFFDF7" box="[815,915,596,620]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, using the descriptions, reveals differences only in colour (
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA74268FDF6ACB1FD10" baseAuthorityName="MacFarland" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[618,717,628,651]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="virens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA74268FDF6ACB1FD10" box="[618,717,628,651]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. virens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a light yellow frontal margin, minute white dots, small flecks of orange or yellow on the cerata, and orange yellow cnidosacs). As a consequence of my review of our present knowledge of the species considered I maintain
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C484D3CFFE6FFA741B8FD56AC36FD70" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2004" box="[442,586,723,747]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cuthonidae" genus="Cuthona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Nudibranchia" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="scintillans">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93CEAADFFE6FFA741B8FD56AC36FD70" box="[442,586,723,747]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="1189">C. scintillans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a distinct species.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |