Leostyletus misakiensis
| Leostyletus misakiensis | |
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| Eubranchus misakiensis AKA Leostyletus misakiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae |
| Genus: | Leostyletus |
| Species: | L. misakiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leostyletus misakiensis (Baba, 1960)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eubranchus misakiensis Baba, 1960 (basionym) | |
Leostyletus misakiensis, common name Misaki aeolid,[2] is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from Misaki, Sagami Bay, on an Obelia colony, Japan. Additional specimens included in the original description were from Sargassum plants at Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea.[1] The species has been reported from British Columbia, but it is likely that several distinct species are involved.[4] This species is also found in the San Francisco Bay, California, and in harbors in Princeton, California and Santa Cruz, California.
References
- 1 2 Baba, K. (1960). Two new species of the genus Eubranchus from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto Marine Laboratory, 8(2): 299-302, Pl 34.
- ↑ "Misaki Aeolid (Eubranchus misakiensis)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Leostyletus misakiensis (Baba, 1960). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-27
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (March 6) Eubranchus misakiensis Baba, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.