Eubranchus tricolor
| Eubranchus tricolor | |
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| The nudibranch Eubranchus tricolor, Firth of Lorne, Scotland. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae |
| Genus: | Eubranchus |
| Species: | E. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eubranchus tricolor, common name the painted balloon aeolis, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. [2]
Synonymy
According to Pruvot-Fol (1954) the species Amphorina alberti Quatrefages, 1844 is a synonym of Eubranchus tricolor. Recent research has shown that they were considered as separated genera (e.g. Bouchet & Tardy, 1976; Thompson & Brown 1976; Schmekel & Portmann, 1982). [2]
Distribution
This species was first described from the Isle of Man, Irish Sea, United Kingdom. It has subsequently been reported from all around Britain and Ireland, as well as from continental coasts from Norway to Portugal and into the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
This aeolid nudibranch is translucent white with rings of white, yellow and white at the tips of the cerata.
Ecology
Eubranchus tricolor feeds on several species of hydroids including Nemertesia antennina and Nemertesia ramosa, family Plumulariidae.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2015). Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139771 on 2015-03-25
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