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Eubranchus occidentalis

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Species of gastropod

Eubranchus occidentalis
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. occidentalis
Binomial name
Eubranchus occidentalis
MacFarland, 1966

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

Distribution

This species was described from Monterey Bay, California. It is considered by some authors to be a synonym of Eubranchus rustyus.

Biology

MacFarland reports that this nudibranch feeds on the hydroid Hydractinia, which grows on the holdfasts of Stephanocystis osmundacea.

References

  1. ^ MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 336-337.
  2. Caballer, M. (2015). Eubranchus occidentalis MacFarland, 1966. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-31.
  3. McDonald, G., (2015) Eubranchus rustyus. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
Taxon identifiers
Eubranchus occidentalis
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