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Phyllidia exquisita Warty Sea Slug

Phyllidia exquisita is commonly referred to as Warty Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6891 
AphiaID:
536631 
Scientific:
Phyllidia exquisita 
German:
Exquisite Warzenschnecke 
English:
Warty Sea Slug 
Category:
Naaktslakken 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidia (Genus) > exquisita (Species) 
Initial determination:
Brunckhorst, 1993 
Occurrence:
Australia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand 
Sea depth:
1 - 26 Meter 
Size:
1.38" - 2.6" (3.5cm - 6.6cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Sponges 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-07-12 18:34:15 

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Phyllidia exquisita Brunckhorst, 1993

The backround colour is translucent-grayish,covered with white tiny flecks(granular appearance).Rhinophores and mantle margin are yellow. The yellow line around the front edge of the mantle is the important feature of Phyllidia exquisita.

This species feeds on sponges(orange encrusting sponge).

Very similar species are Phyllidia willani and Phyllidia babai.

External links

  1. Rfbolland.com (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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