Amphorina pallida (Alder & Hancock, 1842) is a animal in the Eubranchidae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Amphorina pallida (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Amphorina pallida (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Amphorina pallida is a species of eubranchid nudibranch sea slug found in the Atlantic and adjacent waters.

Family
Genus
Amphorina
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Amphorina pallida (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Amphorina pallida is a species of sea slug, which is a type of nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc that belongs to the family Eubranchidae. In 2020, multiple species that were originally classified in the genus Eubranchus were moved to the genus Amphorina. This species was first formally described from specimens collected at Cullercoats, England. It has also been recorded from Eastport, Maine, Iceland, the Barents Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of Europe ranging from Norway south to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Eubranchidae Amphorina

More from Eubranchidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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