Eubranchus rubeolus

Eubranchus rubeolus is a species of minute sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. This species occurs in southeastern Australia and South Island, New Zealand.

Eubranchus rubeolus
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. rubeolus
Binomial name
Eubranchus rubeolus
Burn, 1964

Distribution

This species was described from Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia.[1][2] The species has been reported from New Zealand but there are considerable differences between the specimens.[2][3]

References
  1. Burn, R. & Wilson, R., (2011) Nudibranch, Eubranchus rubeolus, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 28 Dec 2015.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 15) Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. Miller, M. C. (1971) Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(4):311-337, pl. 1.
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