Euselenops luniceps

Euselenops luniceps is a species of sea slug, a pleurobranchomorph gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.^[3]

Euselenops luniceps
A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps, Bontoh, Sangeang, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchomorpha
Genus:	Euselenops Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Species:	E. luniceps
Binomial name
Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1817)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Neda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[4] Oscaniopsis amboinei Vayssière, 1898 Oscaniopsis compta Bergh, 1897 Oscaniopsis semperi Bergh, 1897 Pleurobranchus luniceps Cuvier, 1817 (original combination)

Drawing of dorsal view of Euselenops luniceps

Euselenops luniceps is the type species of the genus Euselenops^[1] and Euselenops luniceps is the only species in the genus Euselenops.

The radula of this species was studied by Thompson & Bebbington (1973), but they did not publish a description or an image of it.^[5]

Distribution

This species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.^[6]