Cyerce cristallina Harlequin Glass Slug

Cyerce cristallina is commonly referred to as Harlequin Glass Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7771 

AphiaID:

140090 

Scientific:

Cyerce cristallina 

German:

Kristall Saftsauger, Harlekin Glasschnecke 

English:

Harlequin Glass Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Cyerce (Genus) > cristallina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Trinchese, ), 1881 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, European Coasts, Florida, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Spain, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 18 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks, under stones 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

7,9 °F - 28,1 °F (7,9°C - 28,1°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), 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:

• 
  Cyerce antillensis
  Anillen Glas-Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce bourbonica
  Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce cristallina
  Kristall Saftsauger, Harlekin Glasschnecke
• Cyerce edmundsi
• 
  Cyerce elegans
  Elegante Cyerce, Sternen Cyerce
• Cyerce graeca
• 
  Cyerce kikutarobabai
  Kikutaros Schmetterlingsschnecke, Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce nigricans
  Schwarz-Goldene Cyerce
• Cyerce orteai
• 
  Cyerce pavonina
  Pfauen-Cyerce, Saftsauger

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cyerce basi
  Bas Cyerce, Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce blackburnae
  Blackburns Cyerce, Saftsauger
• 
  Cyerce goodheartae
  Goodhearts Cyerce
• 
  Cyerce katiae
  Katis Cyerce, Katis Schmetterlingsschnecke
• 
  Cyerce liliuokalaniae
  Liliʻuokalani Cyerce
• 
  Cyerce nigra
  Schwarze Cyerce
• 
  Cyerce piercei
  Pierce Cyerce
• 
  Cyerce trowbridgeae
  Trowbridges Cycere
• 
  Cyerce tutela
  Tutela Cyerce, Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-12-14 21:02:42 

Last edit:

2026-09-29 16:46:35 

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