Pteraeolidia semperi Blue Dragon Nudibranch

Pteraeolidia semperi is commonly referred to as Blue Dragon Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Pteraeolidia semperi
German:: Blauer Drachen
English:: Blue Dragon Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchi

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Facelinidae (Family) > Pteraeolidia (Genus) > semperi (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bergh, ), 1870

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Bali, Hawaii, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Singapore, Tansania, Tulamben
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 55 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Coral rubble substrate, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 21,6 cm
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-09-25 14:33:56
Last edit:: 2025-08-23 10:54:55

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Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870)

Pteraeolidia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae
The body color of this species is translucent tan but the cerata, which in Hawaiii vary from dark purple to lavender to golden brown, give the nudibranch most of its apparent color. This is an extremely elongate species with large, curved arches of cerata along the length of the body.

Similat to Pteraeolidia ianthina (endemic to Austalia). Pteraeolidia semperi have 3 purple bands on oral tentacles.

Synonymised names
Flabellina scolopendrella Risbec, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Flabellina semperi Bergh, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg (en). Abgerufen am 27.03.2025.
reeflifesurvey.com (en). Abgerufen am 27.03.2025.
Sea Slugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 27.05.2024.
Wikipedia (fr). Abgerufen am 27.03.2025.

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Pteraeolidia semperi, Tulamben, Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands,Indonesia 2019

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