Ancula evelinae
Ancula evelinae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | A. evelinae |
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| Ancula evelinae Er. Marcus, 1961[1] | |
Distribution
This species was first described from Beaufort, North Carolina.
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour with black patches. It has only two, curved, extra-branchial processes.[1]
Ecology
Ancula evelinae probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on hydroids, bryozoa and other living substrata.
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References
- Marcus, Er. (1961). Opisthobranchia from North Carolina. Journal Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 77(2): 141-151.
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