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Eubranchus conicla

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Species of gastropod

Eubranchus conicla
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Eubranchidae
Genus: Eubranchus
Species: E. conicla
Binomial name
Eubranchus conicla
(Er. Marcus, 1958)
Synonyms

Capellinia conicla Er. Marcus, 1958 (basionym)
Eubranchus coniclus (Er. Marcus, 1958) (misspelling)
Eubranchus convenientis Ortea & Caballer, 2002

Eubranchus conicla is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.

Taxonomy

Eubranchus convenientis Ortea & Caballer, 2002 was described from Manzanillo, Limón, Costa Rica. Eubranchus convenientis is considered as a synonym of Eubranchus conicla.

Distribution

This species was described from Ubatuba and Ilhabela, São Paulo state, Brazil. It has been reported from Florida, Honduras, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Jamaica, Barbados, Tobago, Brazil and Panama.

Description

Body is elongate. Rhinophores are smooth. Oral tentacles are short. Cerata are tuberculate, few in number, arranged in two simple rows. Background color is translucent gray or brown with numerous white dots. Rhinophores and oral tentacles are sometimes ringed with brown. Cerata are white, sometimes with brown or green spots. The maximum recorded body length is 4 mm.

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 3 m. Found on Sargassum in Panama.

References

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  1. ^ Marcus Er. (1958). "On western Atlantic opisthobranchiate gastropods." American Museum Novitates (1906): 1-82.
  2. ^ Ortea J. & Caballer M. (2002). "Nuevos datos sobre el género Eubranchus Forbes, 1838 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en aguas templadas del Atlántico Oeste. New data about the genus Eubranchus Forbes, 1838 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) in warm waters of West Atlantic." Avicennia 15: 77-90 pages: 81, 83, 85, Plate 1 B, Figures 2, 3, 7.
  3. Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Eubranchus conicla Er. Marcus, 1958. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-27
  4. ^ Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
  5. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
Taxon identifiers
Eubranchus conicla
Capellinia conicla
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