Stylocheilus longicauda Long-tailed Sea Hare, Longtail Seacat

Stylocheilus longicauda is commonly referred to as Long-tailed Sea Hare, Longtail Seacat. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Stylocheilus longicauda, Tulamben, Bali 2025

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lexID:: 6669
AphiaID:: 217246

Scientific:: Stylocheilus longicauda
German:: Langschwanz-Seehase
English:: Long-tailed Sea Hare, Longtail Seacat

Category:: Zeehazen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Aplysiida (Order) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Stylocheilus (Genus) > longicauda (Species)
Initial determination:: (Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1825

Occurrence:: Bali, Central America (Eastern Pacific), Circumtropic, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Jamaica, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mozambique, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Red Sea, South-Africa, the Caribbean, Tulamben, West-Atlantic 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:: 2 - 8 Meter
Habitats:: Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1.38" - 2.36" (3.5cm - 6,5cm)
Temperature:: 25,1 °F - 84.2 °F (25,1°C - 29°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-01-26 20:00:38
Last edit:: 2024-11-15 20:05:57

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Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Stylocheilus longicauda have a translucent body and grows up to 8 cm in length. Often prickly appearance.On the body are luminicent blue to violet spots with rings. This species lives among shallow seagrass beds and swimming algae. Stylocheilus longicauda is called as Long-tailed Sea Hare.This "tail" can make up to half the bodys length. On the foot is a sticky mucus,so can the sea hare stick to the flotsam.

This species feeds on algae.

Host of Anthessius stylocheili.

External links

Flickr Video (en). Abgerufen am 15.11.2024.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 15.11.2024.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Stylocheilus longicauda, Tulamben, Bali 2025

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