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Felimare ruthae Gold-line Sea Goddess Nudibranch

Felimare ruthae is commonly referred to as Gold-line Sea Goddess Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Nudibranch, Gold-line Sea Goddess, Felimare ruthae, tiny half inch, Florida USA 2019


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lexID:
8181 
AphiaID:
597535 
Scientific:
Felimare ruthae 
German:
Gold-Linien Prachtsternschnecke 
English:
Gold-line Sea Goddess Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Felimare (Genus) > ruthae (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ev. Marcus & Hughes, ), 1974 
Occurrence:
Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, the Caribbean, USA, West-Atlantic 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 - 12 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Coralline soils, coral quarry, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0.59" - 0.79" (1.5cm - 2,7cm) 
Temperature:
26,7 °F - 28,4 °F (26,7°C - 28,4°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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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-23 17:44:57 

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Felimare ruthae (Ev. Marcus & Hughes, 1974)

The body is blue-black with a yellow-lined mantle and yellow longitudinal lines.

Felimare ruthae feeds exclusively on sponges, including Dysidea etheria.

Synonym:
Hypselodoris ruthae

External links

  1. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 23.07.2025.
  2. tb.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 01.02.2025.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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