Ancula evelinae

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Ancula evelinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Ancula
Species:
A. evelinae
Binomial name
Ancula evelinae
Er. Marcus, 1961 [1]

Ancula evelinae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae .

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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

  1. 1 2 Marcus, Er. (1961). Opisthobranchia from North Carolina. Journal Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 77(2): 141-151.