Eubranchus occidentalis

Eubranchus occidentalis
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. occidentalis
Binomial name
Eubranchus occidentalis
MacFarland, 1966[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Monterey Bay, California. It is considered by some authors to be a synonym of Eubranchus rustyus.[3]

Biology

MacFarland reports that this nudibranch feeds on the hydroid Hydractinia, which grows on the holdfasts of Cystoseira osmundacea.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 336-337.
  2. Caballer, M. (2015). Eubranchus occidentalis MacFarland, 1966. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-31.
  3. McDonald, G., (2015) Eubranchus rustyus. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
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