Eubranchus rubeolus is a species of small sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. This species occurs in southeastern Australia and South Island, New Zealand.
Distribution This species was described from Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia.Burn, R. & Wilson, R., (2011) Nudibranch, Eubranchus rubeolus, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 28 Dec 2015.Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 15) Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. The species has been reported from New Zealand but there are considerable differences between the specimens.Miller, M. C. (1971) Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(4):311-337, pl. 1.
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