Neptunazurea kempfi Purple-crowned Sea Goddess

Neptunazurea kempfi is commonly referred to as Purple-crowned Sea Goddess. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9810 

AphiaID:

1845214 

Scientific:

Neptunazurea kempfi 

German:

Kempfs-Prachtsternschnecke, Prupurkonen Seegöttin 

English:

Purple-crowned Sea Goddess 

Category:

Nudibranchi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Doridida (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Neptunazurea (Genus) > kempfi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ev. Marcus, ), 1971 

Occurrence:

Brazil, Central Atlantic, Costa Rica, Florida, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, West-Atlantic 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:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Neptunazurea kempfi
  Kempfs-Prachtsternschnecke, Prupurkonen Seegöttin
• 
  Neptunazurea porterae
  Porters Prachtsternschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-07-04 13:49:32 

Last edit:

2025-11-16 10:11:51 

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