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Eubranchus conicla
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eubranchus conicla is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.
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Taxonomy
Eubranchus convenientis Ortea & Caballer, 2002 was described from Manzanillo, Limón, Costa Rica.[4] Eubranchus convenientis is considered as a synonym of Eubranchus conicla.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from Ubatuba and Ilhabela, São Paulo state, Brazil.[1] It has been reported from Florida, Honduras, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Jamaica, Barbados, Tobago, Brazil and Panama.[3]
Description
Body is elongate.[3] Rhinophores are smooth.[3] Oral tentacles are short.[3] Cerata are tuberculate, few in number, arranged in two simple rows.[3] Background color is translucent gray or brown with numerous white dots.[3] Rhinophores and oral tentacles are sometimes ringed with brown.[3] Cerata are white, sometimes with brown or green spots.[3] The maximum recorded body length is 4 mm.[3][5]
Ecology
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[5] Found on Sargassum in Panama.[3]
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