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Eubranchus amazighi \u00a0<\/i>Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera 2015<\/h3>\n

\"Eubranchus<\/div>
Eubranchus amazighi<\/em> by Naoufal Tamsouri<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
The requested name Eubranchus amazighi is not currently accepted (superseded combination).
Current accepted name: Amphorina amazighi<\/em> Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015<\/strong><\/div>

Current classification<\/h4>
Superdomain<\/th>Biota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kingdom<\/th>Animalia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/th>Mollusca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/th>Gastropoda<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subclass<\/th>Heterobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraclass<\/th>Euthyneura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subterclass<\/th>Ringipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superorder<\/th>Nudipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Order<\/th>Nudibranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Suborder<\/th>Cladobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Fionoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Eubranchidae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Amphorina<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Amphorina amazighi<\/em> Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [1829406<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>

Taxonomic note<\/strong>: The phylogenetic analyses performed by Cella et al. (2016) revealed that the traditional Tergipedidae family is polyphyletic and belongs to a larger monophyletic clade including members of the traditional families Eubranchidae, Fionidae and Calmidae; this was an unexpected result, since the validity of these taxa and their distinctness from the Tergipedidae was never questioned before. They proposed to join the families Tergipedidae, Eubranchidae, Calmidae and Fionidae under the name of Fionidae. This decision has been reinterpreted and completed in the paper by Korshunova et al. (2017) because it obviated evident morphological and molecular aspects.<\/p>Description
\n<\/strong>The body of this species is slender and elongated, while the rear end of the foot forms a relatively short tail. The front foot corners are rounded. The rhinophores are long, smooth, with a blunt apex. The oral tentacles are cylindrical and shorter than the rhinophores. The eyes are visible through skin right at the base of the rhinophores. The cerata are smooth, inflated, relatively short, and form up to 6 dorso-lateral oblique rows on both sides of the back, their size decreasing in size towards the tail. The body base colour is translucent white with small orange-red spots and small opaque yellow speckles scattered all over the dorsum and sides. The rhinophores and oral tentacles have the same colouration as the body, and a orange-red ring on the upper third of it’s length. The cerata also have the same colouration of the body. The brown coloured digestive gland can be seen by transparency inside the cerata, and a hyaline white cnidosac is visible at the tip of each cerata. The subapical zone of each cerata has an opaque white ring followed by a orange-red ring.<\/p>\n

Only 3 Eubranchus<\/em> species from the NE Atlantic \/ Mediterranean area have red, orange-red or orange pigmentation on\u00a0the dorsum. New E. amazighi<\/em> can be easily distinguished from all these species:<\/p>\n