Eubranchus

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title: "Eubranchus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["eubranchidae", "taxa-named-by-edward-forbes", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of molluscs" topic_path: "general/eubranchidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eubranchus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of molluscs ::

| image = candelabra_nudibranch.jpg | image_caption = the candelabra nudibranch, Eubranchus sp. | taxon = Eubranchus | authority = Forbes, 1838 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• Dunga Eliot, 1902
• Egalvina Odhner, 1929
• Galvina Alder & Hancock, 1855
• Nudibranchus Martynov, 1998
• Produnga Martynov, 1998 | type_species = Eubranchus tricolor | type_species_authority = Forbes, 1838

Eubranchus is a genus of aeolid nudibranch in the family Eubranchidae.

The name Eubranchus has been placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 774.

Species

Species within the genus Eubranchus include:

• Eubranchus adarensis Odhner, 1934
• Eubranchus agrius (O'Donoghue, 1922)
• Eubranchus arci Ortea, 1981
• Eubranchus amazighi Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015
• Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879)
• Eubranchus cingulatus (Alder & A. Hancock, 1847)
• Eubranchus conicla (Er. Marcus, 1958)
• Eubranchus convenientis Ortea & Caballer, 2002
• Eubranchus cucullus Behrens, 1985
• Eubranchus doriae (Trinchese, 1874)
• Eubranchus echizenicus Baba, 1975
• Eubranchus eibesfeldti Ortea, Caballer & Bacallado, 2003
• Eubranchus exiguus (Alder and Hancock, 1848)
• Eubranchus falklandicus (Eliot, 1907)
• Eubranchus fuegiensis Odhner, 1926
• Eubranchus glacialis (Thiele, 1912)
• Eubranchus horii Baba, 1960
• Eubranchus inabai Baba, 1964
• Eubranchus leopoldoi Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
• Eubranchus mandapamensis (Rao, 1968)
• Eubranchus montraveli Risbec, 1937
• Eubranchus occidentalis MacFarland, 1966
• Eubranchus ocellatus (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Eubranchus odhneri (Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926)
• Eubranchus olivaceus (O'Donoghue, 1922)
• Eubranchus prietoi Llera & Ortea, 1981
• Eubranchus productus (Farran, 1905)
• Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964
• Eubranchus rubrocerata Edmunds, 2015
• Eubranchus rubropunctatus Edmunds, 1969
• Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842)
• Eubranchus rustyus (Er. Marcus, 1961)
• Eubranchus sanjuanensis Roller, 1972
• Eubranchus sp. 4 - fireworks nudibranch
• Eubranchus sp. 5 - candelabra nudibranch
• Eubranchus steinbecki Behrens, 1987
• Eubranchus tanzanensis Edmunds, 1969
• Eubranchus telesforoi Ortea, Caballer & Bacallado, 2002
• Eubranchus toledanoi Ortea & Caballer, 2002
• Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
• Eubranchus vascoi Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2002
• Eubranchus virginalis (Baba, 1949)
• Eubranchus vittatus (Alder and Hancock, 1842)
• Eubranchus yolandae Hermosillo & Valdes, 2007 ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Eubranchus coniclus (Er. Marcus, 1958): synonym of Eubranchus conicla (Er. Marcus, 1958)
• Eubranchus fidenciae Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999: synonym of Cuthona fidenciae (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999)
• Eubranchus misakiensis Baba, 1960: synonym of Leostyletus misakiensis (Baba, 1960)

References

References

1. Forbes, E. (1838) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99078x ''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. (Spelled as ''Eutrancbus'' in the tab. 1.)
2. ICZN. (1966) [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222892 ''Opinion 774. Eubranchus Forbes, 1838 added to the Official List with suppression under the Plenary Powers of several nomina dubia.''] Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23(1): 87-90
3. Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137954 ''Eubranchus''.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-12.
4. Zsilavecz, G. 2007. ''Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay''. {{ISBN. 0-620-38054-3

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