Ancula evelinae
| Ancula evelinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Ancula |
| Species: | A. evelinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancula evelinae Er. Marcus, 1961[1]
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Ancula evelinae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described from Beaufort, North Carolina.
Description
[edit]This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour with black patches. It has only two, curved, extra-branchial processes.[1]
Ecology
[edit]Ancula evelinae probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on hydroids, bryozoa and other living substrata.