Emarcusia

Emarcusia
Emarcusia morroensis from Santa Cruz, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Emarcusia
Roller, 1972
Species:
E. morroensis
Binomial name
Emarcusia morroensis
Roller, 1972[1]

Emarcusia morroensis, the Morro Bay aeolid, is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2] It is the only species in the genus Emarcusia.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Roller R. A. (1972). "Three new species of eolid nudibranchs from the west coast of North America".] Veliger 14(4): 416-423.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Emarcusia morroensis Roller, 1972. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-21
  3. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Emarcusia Roller, 1972". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  4. ^ 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.
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