Diaphoreolis flavovulta

Diaphoreolis flavovulta, the yellow-head aeolid or yellow-head cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Diaphoreolis flavovulta
Pillar Point, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, CA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia

clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Trinchesiidae
Genus:
Diaphoreolis
Species:
D. flavovulta
Binomial name
Diaphoreolis flavovulta
Synonyms
  • Cratena flavovulta MacFarland, 1966
  • Cuthona flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966)

Distribution

This species was described from inner Monterey Bay, California, United States.[1] Reported along the East Pacific coastline of America from Kayostia Beach, Clallam County, Washington state to Hazard Canyon, San Luis Obispo County, California.[3]

References
  1. MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 336-337.
  2. Picton, B. (2017). Diaphoreolis flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.
  3. McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California
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