Thuridilla undula Wavy sapsucking slug

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AphiaID:: 494506

Scientific:: Thuridilla undula
German:: Gewellter Saftsauger
English:: Wavy Sapsucking Slug

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Thuridilla (Genus) > undula (Species)
Initial determination:: Gosliner, 1995

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands
Size:: up to 0.79" (2 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Food specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-19 20:00:44
Last edit:: 2017-05-16 20:38:00

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Thuridilla undula Gosliner, 1995

Thuridilla undula is turquoise bluish green.The three colour bands at the parapodial edge undulate. Very similar ist T.lineolata (the colour bands at the parapodial edge are not undulate).

Wavy sapsucking slug grows up to 2 cm. It feeds on algae.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) >Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) >Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchacea (Suborder) > Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily) >Plakobranchidae (Family) >Thuridilla (Genus)

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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