Emarcusia morroensis
| Emarcusia morroensis | |
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| Emarcusia morroensis from Santa Cruz, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Emarcusia |
| Species: | E. morroensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Emarcusia morroensis Roller, 1972[1] | |
Emarcusia morroensis from Morro Bay, California
Emarcusia morroensis, common name Morro Bay Aeolid, is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
The holotype of this species was found at Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California.[1] It is found on the Californian coast from Fort Baker, Marin County to San Diego.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 Roller, R. A. 1972. Three new species of eolid nudibranchs from the west coast of North America. Veliger 14(4):416-423.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Emarcusia morroensis Roller, 1972. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-21
- ↑ Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 118.
- ↑ McDonald, G. (2015) Morro Bay Aeolid (Emarcusia morroensis) At iNaturalist.org
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