Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Eubranchidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fionoidea Genus Eubranchus | |
Eubranchus occidentalis is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.
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Distribution
This species was described from Monterey Bay, California. It is considered by some authors to be a synonym of Eubranchus rustyus.
Biology
MacFarland reports that this nudibranch feeds on the hydroid Hydractinia, which grows on the holdfasts of Cystoseira osmundacea.
References
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