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Pleurobranchus testudinarius Side-gilled Slug

Pleurobranchus testudinarius is commonly referred to as Side-gilled Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pleurobranchus testudinarius, LA HERRADURA 2016


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lexID:
11062 
AphiaID:
140821 
Scientific:
Pleurobranchus testudinarius 
German:
Flankenkiemerschnecke 
English:
Side-gilled Slug 
Category:
голожаберный Моллюск 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurobranchus (Genus) > testudinarius (Species) 
Initial determination:
Cantraine, 1835 
Occurrence:
Balearic Islands, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
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:
0 - 35 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water, Sponge areas, Under rocks, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
7.87" - 8.66" (20cm - 22cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carrion, Food specialist, Sea squirts 
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:
2025-01-19 19:48:45 

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Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835

Pleurobranchus testudinarius is a large brown,red brown or yellowish pleurobranch with elongate tubercles, and pattern of polygonal rings on dorsum either white or pink.

Can be found on sandy bottom.Feeds on colonial ascidians. It is a scavanger, too.

Synonyms:
Daudebardia tarentina de Stefani & Pantanelli, 1879
Pleurobranchus denotarisi Vérany, 1846
Pleurobranchus mammillatus Schultz in Philippi, 1836

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spawn

Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835, Portugal, Azoren

Commonly

Pleurobranchus testudinarius, LA HERRADURA 2016

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