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Dermatobranchus fortunatus Fortunate Dermatobranchus

Dermatobranchus fortunatus is commonly referred to as Fortunate Dermatobranchus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Dermatobranchus fortunata.Malaysia 2015


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lexID:
7833 
AphiaID:
558942 
Scientific:
Dermatobranchus fortunatus 
German:
Glücks-Dermatobranchus, Fortunatus-Furchenschnecke 
English:
Fortunate Dermatobranchus 
Category:
голожаберный Моллюск 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Arminidae (Family) > Dermatobranchus (Genus) > fortunatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bergh, ), 1888 
Occurrence:
Australia, Central Pazific, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, the Kermadec Islands, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 
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:
0,5 - 10 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds, Under rocks 
Size:
0.2" - 0.59" (0.5cm - 1.5cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-05 11:12:40 

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Dermatobranchus fortunatus (Bergh, 1888)

Dermatobranchus fortunatus is one of the more commonly arminid sea slugs in the Indo-Pacific. It is widespread from the western Indian Ocean to the Central Pacific.Dermatobranchus fortunatus is a small arminid nudibranch and grows up to 1,5 cm at least.

This species feeds exclusively on sea pens.

Synonymised names
Pleuroleura fortunata Bergh, 1888 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2025.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 17.04.2024.
  3. seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2025.
  4. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Dermatobranchus fortunatus, Batangas, Philippines 2025
Dermatobranchus fortunatus,bethlehem Tingloy, Batangas, Philippines 2025 (CC-BY-SA)
Dermatobranchus fortunatus Taiwan 2012
Dermatobranchus fortunata.Malaysia 2015

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