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Additional Photos
underside
side
cerata detail
pale
young, 2 mm
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Eubranchus sp. #1
Maximum size: 4 mm.
Identification:
This
aeolid has a transparent body sprinkled with minute opalescent
white flecks.
There are scattered burnt-orange and dark brown flecks on the
body, some fusing into short irregular lines. The cerata have three
tuberculate swellings: the apical
very small, the medial large and the basal intermediate in size. The
rhinophores are smooth and translucent-orange with white bands at the
base, midpoint and apex. The cephalic tentacles are also
translucent-orange with white bands at the base and apex..
Natural history:
Eubranchus sp. #1
is a moderately common species found in moderately exposed to exposed
rocky locations at 6-24 m (20-80
ft). It has also been found in Halimeda
kanaloana beds at
depths of 9-20 m (30-66 ft). It appears to be mature by a length
of 2.5 mm and lays a white egg mass. A 1/2 whorl mass laid by a
2.5 mm animal hatched in about 3.5 days in the laboratory.
Distribution:
Big Island, Maui, Oahu and Midway: widely distributed in the western & central
Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
It was first
recorded in Hawaii off Makena, Maui by PF on Dec. 14, 1988.
Photo:
PF: 4 mm: off Makena, Maui; Dec. 14, 1988.
Observations and comments:
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