Myrella challengeriana Faded Tritonia

Myrella challengeriana is commonly referred to as Faded Tritonia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Hornopiren, Chile 2002

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lexID:: 13249
AphiaID:: 1669244

Scientific:: Myrella challengeriana
German:: Bäumchenschnecke, Blasse Tritonia
English:: Faded Tritonia

Category:: Naaktslakken

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Myrella (Genus) > challengeriana (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bergh, ), 1884

Occurrence:: Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, South-Pazific, the Falkland Islands
Sea depth:: 16 - 465 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 2.36" - 4.72" (6,5cm - 12cm)
Temperature:: -1,3 °F - 50 °F (-1,3°C - 10°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Myrella challengeriana
Bäumchenschnecke, Blasse Tritonia

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-09-12 16:21:54
Last edit:: 2024-05-04 14:51:43

Info

Myrella challengeriana Bergh, 1884

Myrella challengeriana is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae. This species eats Alcyonium soft corals.

Synonymised names
Microlophus poirieri Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Myrella poirieri (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tritonia appendiculata Eliot, 1905 · unaccepted
Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tritonia poirieri (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca-The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (en). Abgerufen am 12.09.2020.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 12.09.2020.
reeflifesurvey (en). Abgerufen am 12.09.2020.

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Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Punta Arenas, Chile 2010

Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Hornopiren, Chile 2002

Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Islas Guaitecas,Chile 2004

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