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Ancula evelinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Goniodorididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Genus
  
Ancula

Ancula evelinae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

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Distribution

This species was first described from Beaufort, North Carolina.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour with black patches. It has only two, curved, extra-branchial processes.

Ecology

Ancula evelinae probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on hydroids, bryozoa and other living substrata.

References

Ancula evelinae Wikipedia