Biology:Eubranchus exiguus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Eubranchus exiguus
Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1847).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Eubranchidae
Genus: Eubranchus
Species:
E. exiguus
Binomial name
Eubranchus exiguus
(Alder & Hancock, 1848)[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Tergipes lacinulatus auct. non Blainville, 1824
  • Aeolis despecta auct. non Johnston, 1838
  • Tergipes fustifer Lovén, 1846[2]
  • Eolis exigua Alder & Hancock, 1848[1]
  • Galvina exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
  • Capellinia exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
  • Capellinia capellinii auct. non Trinchese, 1874

Eubranchus exiguus is a species of small sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.

Distribution

The type locality is the harbour at Fowey, in England .[1] It is found all round the British Isles and from the Arctic and Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea.[4]

Description

Eubranchus exiguus was originally discovered and described (under the name Eolis exigua) in 1848, by the British malacologists Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock.[1]

The original text (the type description) reads as follows:[1]

The maximum recorded length is 8 mm.[5]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.[5]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848). "Additions to the British species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 2)1: 189-192.
  2. Lovén S. L. (1846). "Nordens Hafs-Mollusker". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3: 134-160.
  3. "Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Accessed 19 February 2010.
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-26
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3139887 entry