Ercolania fuscata Dusky Sea Slug

Ercolania fuscata is commonly referred to as Dusky Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Ercolania fuscata, about 3 mm long, found on a fine filamentous green alga in a high intertidal pool.2022

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Scientific:: Ercolania fuscata
German:: Dunkler-Saftsauger
English:: Dusky Sea Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Limapontiidae (Family) > Ercolania (Genus) > fuscata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gould, ), 1870

Occurrence:: Australia, Canada Eastern Pacific, Florida, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, North-West-Atlantic, the Caribbean, USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,6cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Herbivorous
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:

Ercolania annelyleorum
Ercolania boodleae
Boodlea Saftsauger
Ercolania coerulea
Saftsauger, Blauer Stiliger
Ercolania endophytophaga
Saftsauger
Ercolania erbsus
Ercolania felina
Katzen-Ercolania, Saftsaugerschnecke
Ercolania fuscata
Dunkler-Saftsauger
Ercolania gopalai
Ercolania halophilae
Ercolania irregularis
Ercolania kencolesi
Ken Coles Ercolania, Saftsauger
Ercolania lozanoi
Lozanos Ercolania
Ercolania margaritae
Ercolania nigra
Ercolania pica
Ercolania raorum
Ercolania selva
Ercolania subviridis
Ercolania talis
Ercolania translucens
Ercolania varians
Ercolania viridis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-04-18 16:15:27
Last edit:: 2022-04-18 16:15:27

Info

Ercolania fuscata (Gould, 1870)

Grows to about 8mm, and more typically has a transverse pattern of dark green to black pigmentation arranged in irregular bands across the back.

These sapsucking slug feeds on the filamentous algae Cladophora and Chaetomorpha.

Synonymised names:
Calliopaea fuscata Gould, 1870 · unaccepted (original combination)
Stiliger fuscatus (Gould, 1870) · unaccepted
Stiliger vanellus Er. Marcus, 1957 · unaccepted

External links

Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2022.

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Ercolania fuscata, about 3 mm long, found on a fine filamentous green alga in a high intertidal pool.2022

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