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Costasiella kuroshimae Kuro sap-sucking slug, Shaun The Sheep Nudibranch

Costasiella kuroshimae is commonly referred to as Kuro sap-sucking slug, Shaun The Sheep Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Costasiella kuroshimae,secret bay Mabini, Batangas, Philippines 2023 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
8023 
AphiaID:
494655 
Scientific:
Costasiella kuroshimae 
German:
Kuro Saftsauger 
English:
Kuro Sap-sucking Slug, Shaun The Sheep Nudibranch 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Costasiellidae (Family) > Costasiella (Genus) > kuroshimae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ichikawa, 1993 
Occurrence:
Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Mozambique, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), The Ryukyu Islands, Western Pacific 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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, 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:
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
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More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-03 12:35:04 

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Costasiella kuroshimae Ichikawa, 1993

The background colour is a cream with white patches.

Costasiella kuroshimae have a white head with dark marks and a dark streak across the head just in front of the rhinophores. The rhinophores are white with black tipes. The cerata are normerly green with white tips and iridescent bright blue spots.

Costasiella kuroshimae is commonly known as "Leaf Sheep Nudibranch".Absolutely true!

This tiny sea slug is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific and can be found on leaf-like green algae Avrainvillea on sandy bottom between reefs.

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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