Phyllidiella nigra Black Phyllidiella

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AphiaID:: 536691

Scientific:: Phyllidiella nigra
German:: Schwarze Phyllidiella
English:: Black Phyllidiella

Category:: Nudibranchi

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidiella (Genus) > nigra (Species)
Initial determination:: (van Hasselt, ), 1824

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Sulawesi, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 6 Meter
Size:: 0.98" - 2.95" (2.5cm - 7.5cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Non adatto agli acquari!
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-03-15 19:55:41
Last edit:: 2015-03-15 19:55:41

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Phyllidiella nigra (van Hasselt, 1824)

The body is black with rounded dark pink to red tubercles (isolated or in small clumps.Black Phyllidiella is widespread in the Indo-west Pacific and can found on shallow coral reefs at depths of about 1-6 m.

Very similar are a lot of Phyllidiella and Phyllidiopsis sea slugs.

Nudibranchs of the family Phyllidiidae feed exclusively on sponges.

Synonyme:
Phyllidia bataviae
Phyllidia nigra
Phyllidia serenei
Phyllidia sereni

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Phyllidioidea (Superfamily) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidiella (Genus) > Phyllidiella nigra (Species)

External links

Philippinen Sea Slugs (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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