Duvaucelia plebeia, common name the European nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae.[2]
The color is primarily yellow, with brown mottling. The length of this nudibranch is up to 30 mm.[3]
The indigenous distribution of Duvaucelia plebeia is the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Portugal.[3]
The species has been introduced in coastal areas of Maine and Massachusetts, probably in ballast water from ships.[3]
This is a marine species.[3]
Although this species was introduced in the Gulf of Maine only during the mid-1980s, it has had a severe impact on the soft coral, Alcyonium siderium.[3]
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Duvaucelia plebeia, common name the European nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae.
