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Thuridilla decorata Sap-sucking Slug

Profilbild Urheber Sven Kahlbrock, Ägypten

Thuridilla decorata, Egypt 2019


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lexID:
10898 
AphiaID:
494492 
Scientific:
Thuridilla decorata 
German:
Saftsauger 
English:
Sap-sucking Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Thuridilla (Genus) > decorata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Heller & T. E. Thompson, ), 1983 
Occurrence:
Egypt, Israel, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia 
Sea depth:
4 - 20 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.79" (0,8cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore) 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-07-09 08:30:15 

Info

Thuridilla decorata (Heller & Thompson, 1983)

Thuridilla decorata was found on filamentous algae on the reef flat.This species occurs in the Red Sea.

Thuridilla sea slugs use the chloroplasts from the green algae, their diet, therefore this nudibranch is one of the "solar-powered slugs".

Synonym:
Elysia decorata Heller & Thomp

External links

  1. Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Thuridilla decorata, Egypt 2019
Very small Nudibranch - Thuridilla decorata, Egypt 2010
Thuridilla decorata, Israel 2019
Thuridilla decorata, 2021
Thuridilla decorata, 2016

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