Eubranchus horii

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

Eubranchus horii
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. horii
Binomial name
Eubranchus horii
Baba, 1960[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Hayama, Sagami Bay, Japan. Additional specimens included in the original description were from Tannowa, Osaka Bay; from among a hydroid colony on Ecklonia leaves at Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea and from Abugashima, Toyama Bay.[1] It has been photographed at Kurosaki, Toyama Bay.[3]

References
  1. Baba, K. (1960). Two new species of the genus Eubranchus from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto Marine Laboratory, 8(2): 299-302, Pl 34.
  2. Gofas, S.; Caballer, M. (2015). Eubranchus horii Baba, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-27
  3. Anon. (2015) Eubranchus horii. Sea Slug from the Japan Sea Coasts of Middle Japan.
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