Eubranchus leopoldoi

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

Eubranchus leopoldoi
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. leopoldoi
Binomial name
Eubranchus leopoldoi
Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Punta Mona, Manzanillo, Costa Rica.[1] It has been reported from the Bahamas.[3]

References
  1. Caballer M., Ortea J. & Espinosa J. (2001) Descripcion de una nueva especie de Eubranchus Forbes, 1834. In: Espinosa J. & Ortea J., Moluscos del Mar Caribe de Costa Rica: desde Cahuita hasta Gandoca. Avicennia suppl. 4: 55-56.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Eubranchus leopoldoi Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-27
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 1) Eubranchus leopoldoi Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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