Ancula evelinae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Ancula evelinae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Ancula |
Species: | A. evelinae
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Binomial name | |
Ancula evelinae Er. Marcus, 1961[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was first described from Beaufort, North Carolina.
Description
editThis goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour with black patches. It has only two, curved, extra-branchial processes.[1]
Ecology
editAncula evelinae probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on hydroids, bryozoa and other living substrata.