RAS taxon details
Eubranchus Forbes, 1838
137954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137954)
accepted
Genus
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Forbes, E. (1838). Malacologia Monensis: a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea. Edinburgh: J. Carfrae and son pp. XII + 63 + 3 pl., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99078x
page(s): 5, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 5, fig. 1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Eubranchus Forbes, 1838. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137954 on 2026-07-17
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Eubranchus Forbes, 1838. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137954 on 2026-07-17
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Forbes, E. (1838). Malacologia Monensis: a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea. Edinburgh: J. Carfrae and son pp. XII + 63 + 3 pl., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99078x
page(s): 5, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Ortea J. & Caballer M. 2002. Nuevos datos sobre el género <i>Eubranchus</i> Forbes, 1838 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en aguas templadas del Atlántico Oeste. New data about the genus <i>Eubranchus</i> Forbes, 1838 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) in warm waters of West Atlantic. <i>Avicennia</i> 15: 77-90
page(s): 78-81 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4324 (1): 1–22., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 29; note: Restricted to only the type species E. tricolor Forbes, 1838, whereas all other 'Eubranchus' species are pending reallocation [details] Available for editors
additional source Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038005
page(s): 879-912 [details] Available for editors
status source ICZN. (1966). Opinion 774. <i>Eubranchus</i> Forbes, 1838 added to the Official List with suppression under the Plenary Powers of several nomina dubia. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 23(1): 87-90., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222892 [details]
page(s): 5, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Ortea J. & Caballer M. 2002. Nuevos datos sobre el género <i>Eubranchus</i> Forbes, 1838 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en aguas templadas del Atlántico Oeste. New data about the genus <i>Eubranchus</i> Forbes, 1838 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) in warm waters of West Atlantic. <i>Avicennia</i> 15: 77-90
page(s): 78-81 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4324 (1): 1–22., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 29; note: Restricted to only the type species E. tricolor Forbes, 1838, whereas all other 'Eubranchus' species are pending reallocation [details] Available for editors
additional source Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038005
page(s): 879-912 [details] Available for editors
status source ICZN. (1966). Opinion 774. <i>Eubranchus</i> Forbes, 1838 added to the Official List with suppression under the Plenary Powers of several nomina dubia. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 23(1): 87-90., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222892 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eubranchus)
To Genbank
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010175.GP)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eubranchus)
To Genbank
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010175.GP)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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