MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Grishina D.Yu., Schepetov D.M., Ekimova I.A. (2022). Hidden beauty of the north: a description of Eubranchus scintillans sp.n. (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from the Barents Sea and North-East Atlantic. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 19(4): 351–368., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.19.4.03 page(s): 361, figs. 5C, 5D, 6B, 7, 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Barents Sea, North-East Atlantic (North Sea) [details]
Etymology From the Latin scintillans (= sparkling) referring to the peculiar colouration of the cerata, which look like a small jar of glitter and the overall colouration resembling a flame of sparklers [details]
Type locality Eigersund, Egersund, Egersund havn, Rogaland, North Sea, Norway, 58°26′57.4″N 5°59′26.9″E, 5 m in depths [details]
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