Eubranchus rubeolus is a species of minute sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. This species occurs in southeastern Australia and South Island, New Zealand.
| Eubranchus rubeolus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae |
| Genus: | Eubranchus |
| Species: | E. rubeolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia.[1][2] The species has been reported from New Zealand but there are considerable differences between the specimens.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Burn, R. & Wilson, R., (2011) Nudibranch, Eubranchus rubeolus, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 28 Dec 2015.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 15) Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Miller, M. C. (1971) Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(4):311-337, pl. 1.