Histiomena marginata nudibranch

Histiomena marginata is commonly referred to as nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Histiomena convolvula

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lexID:: 12505
AphiaID:: 558933

Scientific:: Histiomena marginata
German:: Furchenschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: голожаберный Моллюск

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Arminidae (Family) > Histiomena (Genus) > marginata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ørsted in Mörch, ), 1859

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific)
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 7,5 cm
Temperature:: 62.6 °F - 71.6 °F (17°C - 22°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, 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:

Histiomena marginata
Furchenschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-10-26 19:53:11
Last edit:: 2019-10-26 20:00:13

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Histiomena marginata (Ørsted in Mörch, 1859)

Histiomena marginata is a spectacularly colored arminid. This species eat various species of gorgonians and the sea pen Ptilosarcus.

Histiomena convolvula has a very restricted known distribution. It is limited to just a few lo-cations in the northern Gulf of California: Punta Diggs and Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, and Bahía San Carlos, Sonora.

Synonymised names:
Armina convolvula Lance, 1962
Pleurophyllidia marginata Ørsted in Mörch, 1859 (original combination)

External links

Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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