Biology:Eubranchulus rupium

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Green balloon aeolid
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Missing taxonomy template (fix): Eubranchulus
Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/EubranchulusEubranchulus rupium
(Møller, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Møller, 1842 Møller, 1842
  • Møller, 1842 Galvina rupium
  • Eubranchus rupium Møller, 1842
  • Nudibranchus rupium Tergipes rupium

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

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. Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2026). Eubranchulus rupium (Møller, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-04-18.
  3. McDonald, G., (2015) Eubranchus rupium. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q10489558 entry