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Eubranchus Forbes, 1838

137954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137954)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Heterobranchia
  6. Euthyneura
  7. Ringipleura
  8. Nudipleura
  9. Nudibranchia
  10. Cladobranchia
  11. Fionoidea
  12. Eubranchidae
  13. Eubranchus
accepted
Genus
Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838 (type by monotypy)
Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934

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  1. Species Eubranchus arci Ortea, 1981
  2. Species Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879)
  3. Species Eubranchus leopoldoi Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
  4. Species Eubranchus telesforoi Ortea, Caballer & Bacallado, 2002
  5. Species Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
  6. Species Eubranchus vascoi Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2002
  7. Species Eubranchus amazighi Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015 accepted as Amphorina amazighi (Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Eubranchus cingulatus (Alder & Hancock, 1847) accepted as Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842) accepted as Capellinia vittata (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  9. Species Eubranchus doriae (Trinchese, 1874) accepted as Capellinia doriae Trinchese, 1874
  10. Species Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848) accepted as Nudibranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844) accepted as Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Eubranchus fidenciae Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999 accepted as Cuthona fidenciae (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999)
  13. Species Eubranchus linensis García-Gómez, Cervera & F. J. García, 1990 accepted as Amphorina linensis (García-Gómez, Cervera & F. J. Garcia, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Eubranchus odhneri (Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926) accepted as Corruptobranchus odhneri (Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922) accepted as Eubranchulus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Eubranchus pallidus (Alder & Hancock, 1842) accepted as Amphorina pallida (Alder & Hancock, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Eubranchus prietoi Llera & Ortea, 1981 accepted as Capellinia prietoi (Llera & Ortea, 1981) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842) accepted as Eubranchulus rupium (Møller, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Eubranchus sanjuanensis Roller, 1972 accepted as Corruptobranchus sanjuanensis (Roller, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Eubranchus scintillans Grishina, Schepetov & Ekimova, 2022 accepted as Nudibranchus scintillans (Grishina, Schepetov & Ekimova, 2022) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Eubranchus viriola (Korshunova, Malmberg, Prkic, Petani, Fletcher, Lundin & Martynov, 2020) accepted as Amphorina viriola Korshunova, Malmberg, Prkic, Petani, Fletcher, Lundin & Martynov, 2020 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842) accepted as Capellinia vittata (Alder & Hancock, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eubranchus Forbes, 1838. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137954 on 2026-10-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Eubranchus Forbes, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137954 on 2026-10-07
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2012-05-12 13:39:37Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-05-02 07:56:13Z
changed
Caballer, Manuel
2015-04-15 21:08:40Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2016-12-21 01:50:36Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-12-21 11:51:09Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-09-28 13:49:48Z
changed
Picton, Bernard

original description 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 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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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] 
 
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