Phylliroe bucephala Pelagic Nudibranch

Phylliroe bucephala is commonly referred to as Pelagic Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11858 

AphiaID:

581832 

Scientific:

Phylliroe bucephala 

German:

Pelagische Nacktschnecke 

English:

Pelagic Nudibranch 

Category:

Naaktslakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Phylliroidae (Family) > Phylliroe (Genus) > bucephala (Species) 

Initial determination:

Péron & Lesueur, 1810 

Occurrence:

Zirkumsubtropisch, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Tasman Sea, The Bahamas, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

50 - 1000 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 3.15" (5cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

55.4 °F - 77 °F (13°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Jellyfish, Parasitic, Plankton 

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:

• 
  Phylliroe bucephala
  Pelagische Nacktschnecke
• 
  Phylliroe lichtensteinii
  Bäumchenschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Phylliroe sp.01
  Bäumchenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-12-23 14:17:47 

Last edit:

2019-09-10 10:44:12 

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