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Eubranchus horii

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Eubranchus horii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Eubranchidae
Genus: Eubranchus
Species:
E. horii
Binomial name
Eubranchus horii
Baba, 1960[1]

Eubranchus horii is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Hayama, Sagami Bay, Japan. Additional specimens included in the original description were from Tannowa, Osaka Bay; from among a hydroid colony on Ecklonia leaves at Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea and from Abugashima, Toyama Bay.[1] It has been photographed at Kurosaki, Toyama Bay.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Baba, K. (1960). Two new species of the genus Eubranchus from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto Marine Laboratory, 8(2): 299-302, Pl 34.
  2. ^ Gofas, S.; Caballer, M. (2015). Eubranchus horii Baba, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-27
  3. ^ Anon. (2015) Eubranchus horii. Sea Slug from the Japan Sea Coasts of Middle Japan.