Mourgona borgninii Borgnini 's Sap-sucking Sea Slug

Mourgona borgninii is commonly referred to as Borgnini 's Sap-sucking Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16795 

AphiaID:

1263843 

Scientific:

Mourgona borgninii 

German:

Borgninis Saftsaugerschnecke 

English:

Borgnini 's Sap-sucking Sea Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Mourgona (Genus) > borgninii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Trinchese, ), 1896 

Occurrence:

European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

1,2 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• Mourgona germaineae
• Mourgona murca
• Mourgona osumi

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mourgona borgninii
  Borgninis Saftsaugerschnecke
• 
  Mourgona sp.01
  Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-09-27 14:11:56 

Last edit:

2024-09-27 14:32:11 

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