Cratena pilata Nudibranch

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

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lexID:

18146 

AphiaID:

156811 

Scientific:

Cratena pilata 

German:

Fadenschnecke 

English:

Nudibranch 

Category:

Nudibranchi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Facelinidae (Family) > Cratena (Genus) > pilata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. A. Gould, ), 1870 

Occurrence:

Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, North-West-Atlantic, the Caribbean, USA 

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:

0 - 6 Meter 

Habitats:

Port facilities, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,8cm - 2,4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Diatoms, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 

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:

• Cratena affinis
• 
  Cratena capensis
  Kap Fadenschnecke
• 
  Cratena lineata
  Linien-Fadenschnecke
• 
  Cratena minor
  Fadenschnecke
• 
  Cratena peregrina
  Wanderfadenschnecke
• 
  Cratena pilata
  Fadenschnecke
• 
  Cratena scintilla
  Fadenschnecke
• 
  Cratena simba
  Simba Cratena
• Cratena tema

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cratena poshitraensis
  Poshitra Fadenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-12 13:44:44 

Last edit:

2026-02-12 13:44:44 

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