Eubranchus ocellatus

Eubranchus ocellatus
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. ocellatus
Binomial name
Eubranchus ocellatus
Alder & Hancock, 1864[1]
Synonyms
  • Eolis ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1864
  • Dunga ocellata (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
  • Dunga nodulosa Eliot, 1902

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

Distribution

This species was described from Waltair, Vizagapatam, Bay of Bengal, India.[1] It is reported from many localities in the Indo-Pacific region.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Alder J. & Hancock A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5: 113-147, page(s): 144, Plate 33, Figures 16-17.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Eubranchus ocellatus (Alder & Hancock, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-02.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (March 3) Dunga ocellata (Alder & Hancock, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 03, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.