Ercolania coerulea Blue Stiliger, sap-sucking slug

Ercolania coerulea is commonly referred to as Blue Stiliger, sap-sucking slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3141 

AphiaID:

141560 

Scientific:

Ercolania coerulea 

German:

Saftsauger, Blauer Stiliger 

English:

Blue Stiliger, Sap-sucking Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Limapontiidae (Family) > Ercolania (Genus) > coerulea (Species) 

Initial determination:

Trinchese, 1892 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Circumtropic, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, Tansania, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

1 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.55" (1.4 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 78.8 °F (20°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, 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:

• Ercolania annelyleorum
• 
  Ercolania boodleae
  Boodlea Saftsauger
• 
  Ercolania coerulea
  Saftsauger, Blauer Stiliger
• 
  Ercolania endophytophaga
  Saftsauger
• Ercolania erbsus
• 
  Ercolania felina
  Katzen-Ercolania, Saftsaugerschnecke
• 
  Ercolania fuscata
  Dunkler-Saftsauger
• Ercolania gopalai
• Ercolania halophilae
• Ercolania irregularis
• 
  Ercolania kencolesi
  Ken Coles Ercolania, Saftsauger
• 
  Ercolania lozanoi
  Lozanos Ercolania
• Ercolania margaritae
• Ercolania nigra
• Ercolania pica
• Ercolania raorum
• Ercolania selva
• Ercolania subviridis
• Ercolania talis
• Ercolania translucens
• Ercolania varians
• Ercolania viridis
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-28 15:55:09 

Last edit:

2025-07-03 17:28:06 

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