Eubranchus tricolor

Painted balloon aeolis
The nudibranch Eubranchus tricolor, Firth of Lorne, Scotland.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Eubranchidae
Genus: Eubranchus
Species:
E. tricolor
Binomial name
Eubranchus tricolor
Forbes, 1838
Synonyms
  • Egalvina viridula (Bergh, 1873)
  • Eolis amethystina Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Eolis tricolor (Forbes, 1838)
  • Eolis violacea Alder & Hancock, 1844
  • Galvina tricolor (Forbes, 1838)
  • Galvina viridula Bergh, 1873

Eubranchus tricolor, common name the painted balloon aeolis, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. It is the type species of the genus Eubranchus.

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