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Doris ananas Pineapple Nudibranch

Doris ananas is commonly referred to as Pineapple Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Doris ananas,pick n pay 2 mile reef sodwana, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
14267 
AphiaID:
884216 
Scientific:
Doris ananas 
German:
Ananas Doris 
English:
Pineapple Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dorididae (Family) > Doris (Genus) > ananas (Species) 
Initial determination:
Lima, Tibiriçá & Simone, 2016 
Occurrence:
Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Mozambique, Queensland (Australia), South-Africa, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
12 - 15 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Sponges 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-11-23 13:11:13 

Info

Doris ananas Lima, Tibiriçá & Simone, 2016

This species was described from Mozambique.

The Pineapple Nudibranch have elongated oval shape body. The body is a yellow in colour with brown or black tubercles of different sizes. Rhinophores are yellow tipped with black and brown. The gills are black.

This species feed on yellow sponges.

External links

  1. seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 13.02.2025.

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Doris ananas,pick n pay 2 mile reef sodwana, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Doris ananas, doodles Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique 2022(CC-BY-SA)
Chromodoris ananas, Pineapple Nudibranch, Tanzania 2020
Chromodoris ananas, Pineapple Nudibranch, Tanzania 2020
Chromodoris ananas, Pineapple Nudibranch, Tanzania 2020
Chromodoris ananas, Pineapple Nudibranch, Tanzania 2020 (4)

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