Eubranchus exiguus


Eubranchus exiguus is a species of small sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.

Distribution

The type locality is the harbour at Fowey, in England. It is found all round the British Isles and from the Arctic and Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

Eubranchus exiguus was originally discovered and described in 1848, by the British malacologists Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock.
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The maximum recorded length is 8 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.