Eubranchus steinbecki

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

Eubranchus steinbecki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia

clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Eubranchidae
Genus:
Eubranchus
Species:
E. steinbecki
Binomial name
Eubranchus steinbecki
Behrens, 1987[1]

Distribution

This species was described from specimens collected from boat floats at Dana Landing, Mission Bay, San Diego, 32°42′N 117°33′W and intertidally at Palos Verdes, 34°00′N 118°47′W, California, United States.[1] It has been reported from Palos Verdes south to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.[3]

References
  1. Behrens, D. W. (1987). Two new aeolid nudibranchs from southern California. The Veliger 30(1):82-89.
  2. Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Eubranchus steinbecki Behrens, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-03.
  3. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 110.
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