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Miamira miamirana Pancake Lobe-margin Dorid

Miamira miamirana is commonly referred to as Pancake Lobe-margin Dorid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Pitted Ceratosoma - Miamira miamirana. 2019


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lexID:
6648 
AphiaID:
597463 
Scientific:
Miamira miamirana 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Pancake Lobe-margin Dorid 
Category:
Nudibranchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Miamira (Genus) > miamirana (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bergh, ), 1875 
Occurrence:
East Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Sulawesi, Tahiti, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
8 - 16 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Lagoons, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.97" - 5.12" (5cm - 13cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Sponges 
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
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More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-19 19:49:48 

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Miamira miamirana (Bergh, 1875)

Formerly better known as Ceratosoma miamiranum,the name is changed to Miamira miamirana.

Miamira miamirana is very variable in colour .The body colour can be a dark greenish-brown or reddish brown, or other variants.It has a relatively hard mantle with tubercles.Miamira miamirana lives on hard or sandy bottom.It is very well camouflaged and difficult to detect.

These species feeds on sponges.

Synonymised names:
Ceratosoma miamiranum (Bergh, 1875)
Fracassa tuberculosa Eliot, 1904
Orodoris miamirana Bergh, 1875 (original combination)

External links

  1. biodiversitylibrary.org (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2025.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2025.

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