Nanuca smaugi Dragon Smaug Nanuca

Nanuca smaugi is commonly referred to as Dragon Smaug Nanuca. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18151 

AphiaID:

1831593 

Scientific:

Nanuca smaugi 

German:

Drache Smaug Nanuca 

English:

Dragon Smaug Nanuca 

Category:

Naaktslakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Myrrhinidae (Family) > Nanuca (Genus) > smaugi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Henryco, Meirelles, García-Méndez, Camacho-García, Á. Valdés, Schrödl & Padula, 2025 

Occurrence:

Brazil, Endemic species 

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:

3 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0,8 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps, No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Nanuca sebastiani
  Sebastians Nanuca

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nanuca cahuitaensis
  Cahuita Nanuca
• 
  Nanuca leali
  Leals Nanuca
• 
  Nanuca smaugi
  Drache Smaug Nanuca

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-13 20:35:28 

Last edit:

2026-02-13 20:53:27 

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