Eubranchus pallidus

Eubranchus pallidus
Plate from Alder & Hancock (1845-1855)
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: Eubranchidae
Genus: Eubranchus
Species: E. pallidus
Binomial name
Eubranchus pallidus
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eolis pallida Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Eolis picta Alder & Hancock, 1847

Eubranchus pallidus is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[2]

The nudibranch Eubranchus pallidus, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.

Distribution

This species was described from Cullercoats, England.[1] It has been reported from Eastport, Maine; Iceland, the Barents Sea and the Atlantic coast of Europe from Norway south to the Mediterranean Sea.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Alder J. & Hancock A. (1842). Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 31-36.
  2. Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2015). Eubranchus pallidus (Alder & Hancock, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-03.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (August 29) Eubranchus pallidus (Alder & Hancock, 1842). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Eubranchus pallidus (Alder & Hancock, 1842). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-03
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