Ancula evelinae

Ancula evelinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Ancula
Species: A. evelinae
Binomial name
Ancula evelinae
Er. Marcus, 1961[1]

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

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.[1]

Ecology

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

References

  1. 1 2 Marcus, Er. (1961). Opisthobranchia from North Carolina. Journal Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 77(2): 141-151.
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