Caloria elegans Salt-and-pepper Nudibranch

Caloria elegans is commonly referred to as Salt-and-pepper Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5878 

AphiaID:

139906 

Scientific:

Caloria elegans 

German:

Salz-und-Pfeffer Fadenschnecke, Elegante Caloria 

English:

Salt-and-pepper Nudibranch 

Category:

голожаберный Моллюск 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Facelinidae (Family) > Caloria (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Alder & Hancock, ), 1845 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, France, Malta, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

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:

5 - 9 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 1.18" (0,5cm - 3,4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Hydrozoa polyps 

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:

• 
  Caloria elegans
  Salz-und-Pfeffer Fadenschnecke, Elegante Caloria
• Caloria guenanti
• 
  Caloria indica
  Indische Caloria
• Caloria rosea

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Caloria militaris
  Military Caloria
• 
  Caloria quatrefagesi
  Quatrefages Fadenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-13 19:50:05 

Last edit:

2024-04-26 20:19:10 

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