Pleurehdera andromeda Galaxy Sidegill Slug

Pleurehdera andromeda is commonly referred to as Galaxy Sidegill Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jeff Goddard, USA

Berthella andromeda feeding on Oscarella.From El Tomatal, Baja California, 31 Dec 2009

From El Tomatal, Baja California, 31 Dec 2009. The large pits in the sponge (Oscarella sp.) represent a night's feeding activity by the slug, and those are the slug's fecal strands on top of the sponge. This slug was about 8 mm long.Only one species of Oscarella has been described from the Pacific coast of North America (O. carmela from the Monterey Peninsula), and it's not known yet if there are additional species. Oscarella is thin and slimy to the touch, owing to its lack of skeletal elements.
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lexID:: 13475
AphiaID:: 1736478

Scientific:: Pleurehdera andromeda
German:: Galaxis Flankenkiemer
English:: Galaxy Sidegill Slug

Category:: голожаберный Моллюск

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurehdera (Genus) > andromeda (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ghanimi, Schrödl, Goddard, Ballesteros, Gosliner & Á. Valdés, ), 2020

Occurrence:: Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA
Sea depth:: - 7 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,6cm - 0,8cm)
Food:: 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:

Pleurehdera haraldi
Haralds Flankenkiemer

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-12-27 20:11:50
Last edit:: 2024-06-16 20:26:32

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Pleurehdera andromeda (Ghanimi, Schrödl, Goddard, Ballesteros, Gosliner & Á. Valdés, 2020)

Pleurehdera andromeda is a new descobed species. Feed on sponges genus Oscarella sp.

Synonymised names
Berthella andromeda Ghanimi, Schrödl, Goddard, Ballesteros, Gosliner & Á. Valdés, 2020 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Berthella andromeda feeding on Oscarella.From El Tomatal, Baja California, 31 Dec 2009

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