Eubranchus olivaceus | |
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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. olivaceus |
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Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922) [1] | |
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Eubranchus olivaceus is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. [2]
This species was described from Jesse Island and Brandon Island, Departure Bay, and the biological research station at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada. It is considered by some authors to be a synonym of the North Atlantic species Eubranchus rupium . [3]
In the original description Eubranchus olivaceus is reported to feed on Obelia longissima . It is also reported to feed on the hydroids Laomedea flexuosa , Obelia spp., & Plumularia sp. [3]
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