Clio cuspidata

Clio cuspidata (Bosc, 1802)

Clio cuspidata with hydroids by Cheryl Clarke UAF-CMarZ
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Taxonomy

• Cleodora lessonii Rang & de Férussac, 1830 
• Clio (Bellardiclio) cuspidata (Bosc, 1802)
• Clio quadrispinosa Lesson, 1831
• Euclio cuspidata (Bosc, 1802)
• Hyalaea cuspidata Bosc, 1802 (original)
• Hyalaea tricuspidata Bowdich, 1820

Description

Biology

Etymology

• Clio. From Greek “kleios” Glory, also a sea nymph. 
• Cuspidata. Latin “Cuspidata” means “with hard pricks”.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Clio cuspidata
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Clio cuspidata

Portugal: Hidalgo (1917, as Cleodora), McAndrew (1850, in Nobre 1938-40, as Cleodora). Gibraltar: Vives, Santamaría and Trepat (1975, as Euclio). Andalucía (Med.): Rampal (1968, as Euclio), Peñas et al. (in press). Levante: Hidalgo (1917). Canarias: Lozano-Soldevilla and Hernández (1991), Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

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Bibliography

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Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

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