Eubranchulus rupium Rocky Aeolid

Eubranchulus rupium is commonly referred to as Rocky Aeolid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Eubranchus rupium, Maine 2023

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lexID:: 10570
AphiaID:: 1831238

Scientific:: Eubranchulus rupium
German:: Felsen Eubranchus
English:: Rocky Aeolid

Category:: Nakensnegler

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Eubranchidae (Family) > Eubranchulus (Genus) > rupium (Species)
Initial determination:: (Møller, ), 1842

Occurrence:: Barents Sea, Danmark, European Coasts, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden, USA, White Sea
Sea depth:: 4 - 100 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Stony soils
Size:: 0.39" - 0.39" (1cm - 1,2cm)
Temperature:: 3,5 °F - 64.4 °F (3,5°C - 18°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-25 08:13:28
Last edit:: 2026-01-14 13:46:37

Info

Eubranchulus rupium (Moller, 1842)

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

Eubranchulus rupium feed on Kirchenpaueria pinnata.

Synonymised names:
Galvina rupium (Møller, 1842)
Nudibranchus rupium (Møller, 1842)
Tergipes rupium Møller, 1842 (original combination)

External links

artsdatabanken (no). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugform (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spawn

Aeolid nudibranchs and their eggs,Eubranchus rupium, Gulf of Maine 2023

Egg mass laid on 9 April 2023 by Eubranchus rupium.

Eubranchus rupium,St. Andrews, New Brunswick, St. Andrews wharf, Canada 2017 (CC by-sa 3.0)

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