Hermaea bifida supsucking slug

Hermaea bifida is commonly referred to as supsucking slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6025 

AphiaID:

140092 

Scientific:

Hermaea bifida 

German:

Saftsauger 

English:

Supsucking Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Hermaea (Genus) > bifida (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Montagu, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, the British Isles, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

10 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

3,5 °F - 17,5 °F (3,5°C - 17,5°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Food specialist 

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:

• 
  Hermaea bifida
  Saftsauger
• Hermaea boucheti
• 
  Hermaea cantabra
  Saftsauger
• Hermaea coirala
• Hermaea conejera
• Hermaea cruciata
• 
  Hermaea cubana
  Cuba Hermaea
• Hermaea evelinemarcusae
• Hermaea ghanensis
• Hermaea hillae
• Hermaea nautica
• Hermaea noto
• 
  Hermaea oliviae
  Olivias Saftsauger, Schlundsackschnecke
• 
  Hermaea paucicirra
  Saftsauger
• 
  Hermaea vancouverensis
  Vancouver Saftsauger
• 
  Hermaea variopicta
  Bemalte Hermaea, Saftsauger
• Hermaea wrangeliae
• Hermaea zosterae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hermaea sp.01
  Lila-Spitzen Hermaea, Saftsauger
• 
  Hermaea sp.02
  Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-08 19:39:29 

Last edit:

2023-12-05 13:46:19 

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