Eubranchus occidentalis
| Eubranchus occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae |
| Genus: | Eubranchus |
| Species: | E. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eubranchus occidentalis MacFarland, 1966[1]
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Eubranchus occidentalis is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species was described from Monterey Bay, California. It is considered by some authors to be a synonym of Eubranchus rustyus.[3]
Biology[edit]
MacFarland reports that this nudibranch feeds on the hydroid Hydractinia, which grows on the holdfasts of Stephanocystis osmundacea.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Caballer, M. (2015). Eubranchus occidentalis MacFarland, 1966. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-31.
- ^ McDonald, G., (2015) Eubranchus rustyus. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.