Eubranchulus rupium

Green balloon aeolid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Genus: Eubranchulus
Species:
E. rupium
Binomial name
Eubranchulus rupium
(Møller, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Eubranchus rupium Møller, 1842
  • Galvina rupium Møller, 1842
  • Nudibranchus rupium Møller, 1842
  • Tergipes rupium Møller, 1842

Eubranchulus rupium, the green balloon aeolid, is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Greenland. It is reported from the North Atlantic Ocean as far south as the Netherlands and is considered to be a circumpolar species. It is considered by most authors to be a synonym of Eubranchus olivaceus and is reported as far south as Monterey Bay, California on the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.

Biology

This nudibranch feeds on the hydroids Laomedea longissima.

References

  1. ↑ Møller, Hans Peter Christian. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiæ naturhist. Tidskr. Kjöbenhavn 4(1):76-97.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2026). Eubranchulus rupium (Møller, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-04-18.
  3. ↑ McDonald, G., (2015) Eubranchus rupium. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 14) Eubranchus rupium (Moller, 1842). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Goddard, J. H. R., & Nora R. Foster. 2002. Range extensions of sacoglossan and nudibranch mollusks (Gastropoda : Opisthobranchia) to Alaska. Veliger 45(4):331-336.