Nihonbranchus horii
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae |
| Genus: | Nihonbranchus |
| Species: | N. horii |
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Nihonbranchus horii is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Hayama, Sagami Bay, Japan. Additional specimens included in the original description were from Tannowa, Osaka Bay; from among a hydroid colony on Ecklonia leaves at Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea and from Abugashima, Toyama Bay.[1] It has been photographed at Kurosaki, Toyama Bay.[3]
References
- 1 2 Baba, K. (1960). Two new species of the genus Eubranchus from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto Marine Laboratory, 8(2): 299-302, Pl 34.
- ↑ Gofas, S.; Caballer, M. (2015). Nihonbranchus horii Baba, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-04-17
- ↑ Anon. (2015) Eubranchus horii. Sea Slug from the Japan Sea Coasts of Middle Japan.