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Tenellia lugubris Porites Eating Nudibranch, Gloomy phestilla

Tenellia lugubris is commonly referred to as Porites Eating Nudibranch, Gloomy phestilla. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Tenellia lugubris,Labuan Airprang, North Sulawesi, ID 2023


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lexID:
7995 
AphiaID:
890628 
Scientific:
Tenellia lugubris 
German:
Porites fressende Nacktschnecke 
English:
Porites Eating Nudibranch, Gloomy Phestilla 
Category:
Nudibranchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Trinchesiidae (Family) > Tenellia (Genus) > lugubris (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bergh, ), 1870 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Australia, Bali, Columbia, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Komodo (Komodo Island), Mexico (East Pacific), New Caledonia, Panama, Philippines, Tansania, Tulamben, Vietnam, 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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, On living corals, Rock crevices, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.97" (2cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
22,8 °F - 28,4 °F (22,8°C - 28,4°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist, Predatory 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-28 13:04:29 

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Tenellia lugubris (Bergh, 1870)

Tenellia lugubris have a widespread throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific. This nudibranch feeds on the polyps of Porites corals in shallow water.The cerata tips are white and swollen with secretion cells. These cells produce a sticky ceratal secretions.

Phestilla is able to break off their cerata when disturbed.

Synonymised names
Cratena lugubris Bergh, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Korallenfresser Nudis

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External links

  1. Coral-eating Sea Slug, Phestilla lugubris (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. ScienceDirect (en). Abgerufen am 27.01.2024.
  3. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Tenellia lugubris, Kwajalein
Tenellia lugubris, Kwajalein

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Tenellia lugubris,Labuan Airprang, North Sulawesi, ID 2023
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