NARMS taxon details
Eubranchus Forbes, 1838
137954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137954)
accepted
Genus
Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838 (type by monotypy)
Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galvina Alder & Hancock, 1855 · unaccepted
- Species Eubranchus amazighi Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015
- Species Eubranchus arci Ortea, 1981
- Species Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879)
- Species Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
- Species Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
- Species Eubranchus leopoldoi Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
- Species Eubranchus linensis García-Gómez, Cervera & F. J. García, 1990
- Species Eubranchus odhneri (Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926)
- Species Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922)
- Species Eubranchus pallidus (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
- Species Eubranchus prietoi Llera & Ortea, 1981
- Species Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842)
- Species Eubranchus sanjuanensis Roller, 1972
- Species Eubranchus scintillans Grishina, Schepetov & Ekimova, 2022
- Species Eubranchus telesforoi Ortea, Caballer & Bacallado, 2002
- Species Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
- Species Eubranchus vascoi Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2002
- Species Eubranchus viriola (Korshunova, Malmberg, Prkic, Petani, Fletcher, Lundin & Martynov, 2020)
- Species Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
- Species Eubranchus cingulatus (Alder & Hancock, 1847) accepted as Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
- Species Eubranchus doriae (Trinchese, 1874) accepted as Capellinia doriae Trinchese, 1874
- Species Eubranchus fidenciae Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999 accepted as Cuthona fidenciae (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999)
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. (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 2025-05-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Eubranchus Forbes, 1838. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137954 on 2025-05-07
Date
action
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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]
original description (of Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [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]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [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.
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]
original description (of Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [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]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [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.
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]




Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphorina) (from synonym Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844)
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 (Amphorina) (from synonym Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844)
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