Cumanotus beaumonti is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cumanotidae.[2]
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| The nudibranch Cumanotus beaumonti, Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Cumanotidae |
| Genus: | Cumanotus |
| Species: | C. beaumonti
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| Binomial name | |
| Cumanotus beaumonti | |
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Jennycliff Bay, Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, 50°20′58″N 4°07′36″W / 50.34931°N 4.12678°W. It has been reported from the Irish Sea (including the Douglas, Isle of Man Marine Nature Reserve[3]) Scotland and Norway.[4]
References
edit- ^ Eliot, C. N. E. (1906). Notes on some British Nudibranchs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 7(03): 333.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2004). Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-16.
- ^ https://www.gov.im/media/1376787/douglas-bay-mnr-guide_c.pdf
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2018-01-16