Eubranchus vittatus

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Eubranchus vittatus
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Plate from Alder & Hancock (1845-1855)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Eubranchidae
Genus: Eubranchus
Species:
E. vittatus
Binomial name
Eubranchus vittatus
(Alder & Hancock, 1842) [1]
Synonyms
List
  • Cratena vittata(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Eolis cingulataAlder & Hancock, 1847
  • Eolis hystrixAlder & Hancock, 1842
  • Eolis hyxtrixAlder & Hancock, 1842
  • Eolis vittataAlder & Hancock, 1842
  • Eubranchus cingulatus(Alder & Hancock, 1847)
  • Galvina cingulata(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Galvina vittata(Alder & Hancock, 1842)

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

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The nudibranch Eubranchus vittatus, Kione ny Halby, Isle of Man B155518-1.jpg
The nudibranch Eubranchus vittatus, Kione ny Halby, Isle of Man

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 has been reported from the Atlantic coasts of Europe from Norway south to Galicia, Spain. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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