Cuthona methana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Cuthonidae
- Genus
- Cuthona
- Species
- Cuthona methana
- Scientific Name
- Cuthona methana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cuthona methana
Cuthona methana is a species of sea slug in the family Cuthonidae. It is small, only 4 to 6 millimeters in length, with long gills.
Cuthona methana was discovered on a seafloor at Hydrate Ridge, with layers of methane hydrate, which is a mixture of seawater and methane. It was named for being discovered near methane bubbling out of the seafloor, giving the species name "methana".
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