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| Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964 |
Eubranchus rubeolus is a species of minute sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Slug is a common non-scientific word which is often applied to any Gastropod mollusk whatsoever that has a very reduced shell a small internal shell A nudibranch (pronounced (BrE or (AmE is a member of one Suborder of soft-bodied shell-less marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusks Marine is an Umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the Sea or Ocean, such as Marine biology, Marine The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 In Biological classification, family ( Latin Eubranchidae is a Taxonomic family of sea Slugs marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusks in the Superfamily It is an aolid nudibranch.
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Distribution
This nudibranch species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, and south eastern Australia. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Habitat
This species is found on coarse sand and broken shell at depths of between 5 and 7 m. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International
Description
This nudibranch is minute and slender. The coloration is translucent, but with the oral tentacles and a large triangular patch on the head reddish-orange, the cerata transparent and the diverticula purplish-red. Cerata are dorsal and lateral outgrowths on the body of Nudibranchs The singular is ceras, and the name is from the Classical Greek word "keratos" A diverticulum (plural diverticula) is medical term for an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid filled structure in the body Its length is up to 7 mm. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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This gastropod-related article is a stub. Dr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE (4 April 1901 - 1 July 1987 was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and Palaeontologist, a Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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