Eubranchus rupium

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

Green balloon aeolid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Eubranchidae
Genus:
Eubranchus
Species:
E. rupium
Binomial name
Eubranchus rupium
(Møller, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Galvina rupium (Møller, 1842)
  • Nudibranchus rupium (Møller, 1842)
  • Tergipes rupium Møller, 1842

Distribution

This species was described from Greenland. It is reported from the North Atlantic Ocean as far south as the Netherlands and is considered to be a circumpolar species. It is considered by most authors to be a synonym of Eubranchus olivaceus and is reported as far south as Monterey Bay, California on the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.[3][4][5]

Biology

This nudibranch feeds on the hydroids Laomedea longissima.[4]

References
  1. Møller, Hans Peter Christian. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiæ naturhist. Tidskr. Kjöbenhavn 4(1):76-97.
  2. Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2015). Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-01.
  3. McDonald, G., (2015) Eubranchus rupium. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 14) Eubranchus rupium (Moller, 1842). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Goddard, J. H. R., & Nora R. Foster. 2002. Range extensions of sacoglossan and nudibranch mollusks (Gastropoda : Opisthobranchia) to Alaska. Veliger 45(4):331-336.
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