Eubranchus rustyus

Homely aeolid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura ; clade Nudibranchia ; clade Dexiarchia ; clade Cladobranchia ; clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Eubranchidae
Genus:	Eubranchus
Species:	E. rustyus
Binomial name
	Eubranchus rustyus; (Er. Marcus, 1961
Synonyms
	Capellinia rustya Er. Marcus, 1961;

Eubranchus rustyus, the homely aeolid,^[2] is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.^[3]

Distribution[]

This species was described from Monterey Bay,

36°36′20″N 121°53′04″W / 36.60556°N 121.88444°W, California. It is considered by most authors to be a synonym of Eubranchus occidentalis.^[4]

This nudibranch feeds on the hydroids Obelia and Plumularia.^[4]^[5]

^ Marcus, Er. (1961) Opisthobranch mollusks from California. Veliger, 3 (suppl): 1-85.
^ "Homely Aeolid (Eubranchus rustyus)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
^ Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Eubranchus rustyus (Er. Marcus, 1961). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-01.
^ ^a ^b McDonald, G., (2015) Eubranchus rustyus. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 31) Eubranchus rustyus (Marcus, 1961). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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