Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
Distribution and status
Norway to Atlantic coast of France and Mediterranean (GBIF map). Widespread in Britain and Ireland (UK interactive distribution map NBN).
The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data.
Ecology and behaviour
Similar species
Eubranchus pallidus (Alder & Hancock, 1842))
- Inflated smooth cerata distally white with sub-apical gold ring.
- Mahogany and white pigment marks, never greenish.
- Basal mahogany mottling on white translucent rhinophores and oral tentacles.
- Band of mahogany two-thirds way up rhinophores and half way up oral tentacles.
- Part of dorsum not concealed by cerata.< Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838.
- Cerata smooth, like flattened rugby balls.
- Dorsum concealed by crowded cerata (up to 150).
- Body pale yellow or greyish white.
- Subterminal golden-yellow and white bands on cerata.
- Inside cerata; indistinct red-brown digestive gland often tinged violet distally.
- Rhinophores and oral tentacles; pale yellow-brown with paler tips.
Key identification features
References and links
Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1845-1855. A monograph of the British nudibranchiate mollusca. London, Ray Society.
Anderson, J. Scottish Nudibranchs (ScotNud) (Wide range of colour forms shown.)
Korshunova T, Malmberg K, Prkić J, Petani A, Fletcher K, Lundin K, Martynov A (2020). Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. ZooKeys 917: 15-50. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.917.47444
Thompson, T.E. & Brown, G.H. 1984. Biology of opisthobranch molluscs 2. London, Ray Society.
Current taxonomy; World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
Irish distribution maps and prey organisms
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (EML).
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000175215]
Sort order
6090
Taxonomic group
Marine slug
Body (excluding appendages)