Cyerce tutela Tutela Cyerce, Sap-sucking Sea Slug

Cyerce tutela is commonly referred to as Tutela Cyerce, Sap-sucking Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17578 

AphiaID:

1814156 

Scientific:

Cyerce tutela 

German:

Tutela Cyerce, Saftsauger 

English:

Tutela Cyerce, Sap-sucking Sea Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caliphyllidae (Family) > Cyerce (Genus) > tutela (Species) 

Initial determination:

K. Moreno, Gosliner, N. G. Wilson, Krug & Á. Valdés, 2025 

Occurrence:

Australia 

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:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,1cm) 

Temperature:

19,4 °F - 23,4 °F (19,4°C - 23,4°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• 
  Cyerce antillensis
  Anillen Glas-Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce bourbonica
  Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce cristallina
  Kristall Saftsauger
• Cyerce edmundsi
• 
  Cyerce elegans
  Elegante Cyerce, Saftsauger
• Cyerce graeca
• 
  Cyerce kikutarobabai
  Kikutaros Schmetterlingsschnecke, Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce nigricans
  Schwarz Goldene Cyerce
• Cyerce orteai
• 
  Cyerce pavonina
  Pfauen-Cyerce, Saftsauger

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cyerce basi
  Bas Cyerce, Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce blackburnae
  Blackburns Cyerce, Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce goodheartae
  Goodhearts Cyerce
• 
  Cyerce katiae
  Katis Cyerce, Katis Schmetterlingsschnecke
• 
  Cyerce nigra
  Schwarze Cyerce
• 
  Cyerce piercei
  Schlundsackschnecke, Nacktkiemenschnecke
• 
  Cyerce sp. 01
  Sternen Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce trowbridgeae
  Trowbridges Cycere
• 
  Cyerce tutela
  Tutela Cyerce, Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-04 20:27:00 

Last edit:

2025-07-04 20:43:46 

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