Eubranchus vittatus

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

The nudibranch Eubranchus vittatus, Kione ny Halby, Isle of Man

Eubranchus vittatus
Plate from Alder & Hancock (1845-1855)
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. vittatus
Binomial name
Eubranchus vittatus
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cratena vittata (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Eolis vittata Alder & Hancock, 1842 (original combination)
  • Galvina vittata (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Description

(Original description) The colour of the slender body of the snail is pale buff speckled with fawn-colour. Its head is rather large and truncated in front. The dorsal tentaculaare slightly conical, wrinkled, fawn-coloured, with pale tips. The oral tentacula are rather shorter than the dorsal ones and of the same colour. The branchiae are somewhat clavate, long, with obtuse terminations, very pale fawn-coloured, with three darker bands of the same colour. They are set in six or seven distant rows down the sides, largest in front, four to seven in each row.[1]

Distribution

This species was described from deep water, off Cullercoats, England.[1] It is considered to be synonymous with Eubranchus cingulatus by most authors and has been reported from the Atlantic coasts of Europe from Norway south to Galicia, Spain.[3][4]

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References
  1. Alder J. & Hancock A. (1842). Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 31-36.
  2. Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2015). Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-03.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (January 5) Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-03
  • Picton B.E. & Morrow C.C., 1994: A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles; Immel Publishing LtId., London.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213
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