Cyerce nigricans Black and Gold Sapsucking Slug

Cyerce nigricans is commonly referred to as Black and Gold Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9106 

AphiaID:

494516 

Scientific:

Cyerce nigricans 

German:

Schwarz-Goldene Cyerce 

English:

Black And Gold Sapsucking Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Pease, ), 1866 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indo Pacific, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Madagascar, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Tahiti, 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:

- 12 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.87" - 1.18" (2.2cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

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
• 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:

2016-01-02 16:41:38 

Last edit:

2026-08-24 19:26:49 

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