Eubranchus agrius

Taxobox
name = "Eubranchus agrius"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Nudibranchia
superfamilia = Aeolidioidea
familia = Eubranchidae
genus = "Eubranchus"
species = "E. agrius"
binomial = "Eubranchus agrius"
binomial_authority = Marcus, 1959

"Eubranchus agrius" is a species of minute sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. It is an aolid nudibranch.

Distribution

This nudibranch species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand, and Chile.

Habitat

This species is found on hydroids.

Description

This nudibranch is minute and slender. The coloration is translucent, speckled with gold, yellow, brown-orange and green. Its length is up to 6.5 mm.

Life habits

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1