Eubranchus rubeolus
Eubranchus rubeolus is a species of minute sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. This species occurs in southeastern Australia and South Island, New Zealand.
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
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Species: | E. rubeolus |
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Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964 | |
Distribution
This species was described from Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia.[1][2] The species has been reported from New Zealand but there are considerable differences between the specimens.[2][3]
References
- Burn, R. & Wilson, R., (2011) Nudibranch, Eubranchus rubeolus, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 28 Dec 2015.
- Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 15) Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Miller, M. C. (1971) Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(4):311-337, pl. 1.
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