Nudibranchus scintillans Sparkling Nudibranch

Nudibranchus scintillans is commonly referred to as Sparkling Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17803 

AphiaID:

1832560 

Scientific:

Nudibranchus scintillans 

German:

Funkelnde Ballonfadenschnecke 

English:

Sparkling Nudibranch 

Category:

голожаберный Моллюск 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Eubranchidae (Family) > Nudibranchus (Genus) > scintillans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Grishina, Schepetov & Ekimova, ), 2022 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Barents Sea, France, Northeast Atlantic, Norway 

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:

4 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0,7 cm 

Food:

Carnivore, Hydrozoa polyps 

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:

• 
  Nudibranchus exiguus
  Kleine Ballon-Fadenschnecke
• 
  Nudibranchus scintillans
  Funkelnde Ballonfadenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-10-15 14:31:22 

Last edit:

2025-10-15 14:43:42 

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