Eubranchus

Eubranchus
the candelabra nudibranch, Eubranchus sp.
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 Forbes, 1838[1]
Type species
Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
Synonyms[2]
Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844 Capellinia Trinchese, 1874 Dunga Eliot, 1902 Egalvina Odhner, 1929 Galvina Alder & Hancock, 1855 Nudibranchus Martynov, 1998 Produnga Martynov, 1998

Eubranchus is a genus of aeolid nudibranch in the family Eubranchidae. ^[2]

The name Eubranchus has been placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 774.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Eubranchus include:^[2]

• Eubranchus adarensis Odhner, 1934
• Eubranchus agrius (O'Donoghue, 1922)
• Eubranchus arci Ortea, 1981
• Eubranchus amazighi Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015
• Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879)
• Eubranchus cingulatus (Alder & Hancock, 1847)
• Eubranchus conicla (Er. Marcus, 1958)
• Eubranchus convenientis Ortea & Caballer, 2002
• Eubranchus cucullus Behrens, 1985
• Eubranchus doriae (Trinchese, 1874)
• Eubranchus echizenicus Baba, 1975
• Eubranchus eibesfeldti Ortea, Caballer & Bacallado, 2003
• Eubranchus exiguus (Alder and Hancock, 1848)
• Eubranchus falklandicus (Eliot, 1907)
• Eubranchus farrani (Alder and Hancock, 1844)
• Eubranchus fuegiensis Odhner, 1926
• Eubranchus glacialis (Thiele, 1912)
• Eubranchus horii Baba, 1960
• Eubranchus inabai Baba, 1964
• Eubranchus leopoldoi Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
• Eubranchus linensis Garcia-Gomez, Cervera & Garcia, 1990
• Eubranchus mandapamensis (Rao, 1968)
• Eubranchus montraveli Risbec, 1937
• Eubranchus occidentalis MacFarland, 1966
• Eubranchus ocellatus (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Eubranchus odhneri (Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926)
• Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922)
• Eubranchus pallidus (Alder and Hancock, 1842)
• Eubranchus prietoi Llera & Ortea, 1981
• Eubranchus productus (Farran, 1905)
• Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964
• Eubranchus rubrocerata Edmunds, 2015
• Eubranchus rubropunctatus Edmunds, 1969
• Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842)
• Eubranchus rustyus (Er. Marcus, 1961)
• Eubranchus sanjuanensis Roller, 1972
• Eubranchus sp. 4 - fireworks nudibranch^[4]
• Eubranchus sp. 5 - candelabra nudibranch^[4]
• Eubranchus steinbecki Behrens, 1987
• Eubranchus tanzanensis Edmunds, 1969
• Eubranchus telesforoi Ortea, Caballer & Bacallado, 2002
• Eubranchus toledanoi Ortea & Caballer, 2002
• Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
• Eubranchus vascoi Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2002
• Eubranchus vittatus (Alder and Hancock, 1842)
• Eubranchus yolandae Hermosillo & Valdes, 2007

Species brought into synonymy

• Eubranchus coniclus (Er. Marcus, 1958): synonym of Eubranchus conicla (Er. Marcus, 1958)
• Eubranchus fidenciae Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999: synonym of Cuthona fidenciae (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999)
• Eubranchus misakiensis Baba, 1960: synonym of Leostyletus misakiensis (Baba, 1960)

References

1. Forbes, E. (1838) Malacologia Monensis: a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea. Edinburgh: J. Carfrae and son pp. XII + 63 + 3 pl. (Spelled as Eutrancbus in the tab. 1.)
2. Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Eubranchus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-12.
3. ICZN. (1966) Opinion 774. Eubranchus Forbes, 1838 added to the Official List with suppression under the Plenary Powers of several nomina dubia. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23(1): 87-90
4. Zsilavecz, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3