Pleurobranchus reticulatus sidegill slug

Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832, Portugal, Azoren

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AphiaID:: 849350

Scientific:: Pleurobranchus reticulatus
German:: Flankenkiemer
English:: Sidegill Slug

Category:: Nudibranchi

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurobranchus (Genus) > reticulatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Rang, 1832

Occurrence:: Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sea squirts, 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:

Pleurobranchus albiguttatus
Mosaik-Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus areolatus
Atlantischer Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus digueti
Diguets Flankenkiemer, Pazifischer Flankenkiemer, Warzige Flankenkiemerschnecke
Pleurobranchus forskalii
Forsskals Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus grandis
Große Flankenkiemer-Schnecke
Pleurobranchus hilli
Hills Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus iouspi
Pleurobranchus lacteus
Pleurobranchus mamillatus
Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
Membran Flankenkiemer, Highland Dancer
Pleurobranchus nigropunctatus
Mosaik Flankenkiemerschnecke
Pleurobranchus niveus
Pleurobranchus peronii
Perons-Flankenkiemer, Papillen Pleurobranchus
Pleurobranchus reticulatus
Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus semperi
Pleurobranchus sishaensis
Pleurobranchus testudinarius
Flankenkiemerschnecke
Pleurobranchus varians
Variabler Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus weberi
Webers Flankenkiemer

More related species in this lexicon:

Pleurobranchus crossei
Warziger-Flankenkiemer

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-24 11:37:21
Last edit:: 2014-04-24 11:37:21

Info

Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832

PHOTO
Tarrafal, northwestern coast of São Tiago Island, Cape Verde Islands. Photo: P. Wirtz

This species has a net-work pattern of conspicuous white lines on a cream-coloured to dark brown, smooth notum. It is active during the day. It grows to a maximum of 5cm long.

Synonymised names:
Pleurobranchus garciagomezi Cervera, Cattaneo-Vietti & Edmunds, 1996 (synonym)
Pleurobranchus wirtzi Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014 (probable synonym)

External links

Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Pleurobranchus garciagomezi ,Copyright Prof.Dr.Peter Wirtz

Commonly

Pleurobranchus wirtzi - (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Caniço de Baixo, Madeira, Portugal

Pleurobranchus garciagomezi (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832, Portugal, Azoren

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