Eubranchus cucullus

Eubranchus cucullus
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. cucullus
Binomial name
Eubranchus cucullus
Behrens, 1985[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Puerto Refugio, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico.[1] It has also been reported from Panama.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Behrens, D. W. (1985) A new species of Eubranchus Forbes, 1838, from the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Veliger 28(2):175-178.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Eubranchus cucullus Behrens, 1985. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-27
  3. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 110.
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