Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922) is a animal in the Eubranchidae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922)

Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922)

Eubranchus olivaceus is a species of nudibranch sea slug; some authors regard it as a synonym of Eubranchus rupium.

Family
Genus
Eubranchus
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922)

Eubranchus olivaceus, formally described by O'Donoghue in 1922, is a species of sea slug, a type of nudibranch. It is classified as a marine gastropod mollusc that belongs to the family Eubranchidae. This species was originally described from specimens collected from Jesse Island, Brandon Island, Departure Bay, and the biological research station at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada. Some authors currently treat Eubranchus olivaceus as a synonym of the North Atlantic species Eubranchus rupium.

Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Eubranchidae Eubranchus

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

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