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