Pedicularia californica Californian Pedicularia

Pedicularia californica is commonly referred to as Californian Pedicularia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Pedicularia californica,Farnsworth Bank_D3X3605, 2019

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lexID:: 13030
AphiaID:: 437174

Scientific:: Pedicularia californica
German:: Kalifornische Pedicularia
English:: Californian Pedicularia

Category:: Lumache

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Pedicularia (Genus) > californica (Species)
Initial determination:: Newcomb, 1864

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: - 30 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,4cm - 1,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Parasitic
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:

Pedicularia californica
Kalifornische Pedicularia
Pedicularia dautzenbergi
Pedicularia decurvata
Pedicularia decussata
Pedicularia elegantissima
Pedicularia granulata
Pedicularia japonica
Pedicularia morrisoni
Pedicularia pacifica
Pazifische Pedicularia
Pedicularia sicula
Pedicularia splendida
Pedicularia stylasteris
Pedicularia subtilis
Pedicularia vanderlandi
Pedicularia

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-05-20 19:45:29
Last edit:: 2021-04-05 13:28:57

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Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864

Pedicularia is a genus of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, cowry-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.These snails live on and feed on certain corals.

Pedicularia californica live and feed on Californian Hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus).

Synonymised names
Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946

External links

Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Farnsworth Bank, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, Kalifornien

Pedicularia californica,Farnsworth Bank_D3X3607, 2019

Pedicularia californica,Farnsworth Bank_D3X3605, 2019

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