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Kynaria cynara Swimming Cynara

Kynaria cynara is commonly referred to as Swimming Cynara. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Kynaria cynara, 4cm, Kwajalein

This eolid was found at San Carlos crawling on sand at a depth of about 15m at night on 21 September 1985.
Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
8244 
AphiaID:
1048826 
Scientific:
Kynaria cynara 
German:
Fadenschnecke, Schwimmende Cynara 
English:
Swimming Cynara 
Category:
голожаберный Моллюск 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Flabellinidae (Family) > Kynaria (Genus) > cynara (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, ), 1967 
Occurrence:
Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Pacific Ocean, Panama, Peru 
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:
- 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.28" - 2.36" (0.7cm - 6cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-18 16:44:45 

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Kynaria cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)

Kynaria cynara is commonly known as 'Swimming Cynara'.The sea slug uses use their cerata to swmin itself through the water.

The body is deep pink with white spots.The long, thin cerata are a translucent, salmon-orange in colour with white speckling. The foot is purple bordered.

This nudibranch feeds exclusively on hydrozoon polyps.

Simialr to Coryphellina marcusorum.

Synonymised names
Coryphella cynara Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 · unaccepted
Flabellina cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 25.01.2024.
  3. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 10.05.2024.

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