Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock 1842)

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

The nudibranch Eubranchus vittatus, Kione ny Halby, Isle of Man

Description

(Original description) The colour of the slender body of the snail is pale buff speckled with fawn-colour. Its head is rather large and truncated in front. The dorsal tentaculaare slightly conical, wrinkled, fawn-coloured, with pale tips. The oral tentacula are rather shorter than the dorsal ones and of the same colour. The branchiae are somewhat clavate, long, with obtuse terminations, very pale fawn-coloured, with three darker bands of the same colour. They are set in six or seven distant rows down the sides, largest in front, four to seven in each row.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from deep water, off Cullercoats, England.^[1] It has been reported from the Atlantic coasts of Europe from Norway south to Galicia, Spain.^[3][4]

References

• Picton B.E. & Morrow C.C., 1994: A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles; Immel Publishing LtId., London.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213