Lobiger souverbii Lined-Shell Sapsucking Slug

Lobiger souverbii is commonly referred to as Lined-Shell Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7757 

AphiaID:

420565 

Scientific:

Lobiger souverbii 

German:

Saftsauger 

English:

Lined-Shell Sapsucking Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Oxynoidae (Family) > Lobiger (Genus) > souverbii (Species) 

Initial determination:

P. Fischer, 1857 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, Jamaica, Komodo (Komodo Island), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.12" - 0.28" (0.3cm - 0.7cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lobiger nevilli
• 
  Lobiger serradifalci
  Serradifalci,Serradifalco Lobiger
• 
  Lobiger souverbii
  Saftsauger
• 
  Lobiger viridis
  Grüner Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-12-05 19:38:01 

Last edit:

2025-06-30 13:22:56 

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