Nihonbranchus horii
Species of gastropod
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Nihonbranchus horii is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae |
| Genus: | Nihonbranchus |
| Species: | N. horii |
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Distribution
This species was described from Hayama, Sagami Bay, Japan. Additional specimens included in the original description were from Tannowa, Osaka Bay; from among a hydroid colony on Ecklonia leaves at Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea and from Abugashima, Toyama Bay.[1] It has been photographed at Kurosaki, Toyama Bay.[3]