Berthellina granulata Lemon pleurobranch

Berthellina granulata (Lemon pleurobranch)

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Scientific:: Berthellina granulata
German:: Flankenkiemer
English:: Lemon Pleurobranch

Category:: Nakensnegler

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Berthellina (Genus) > granulata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Krauss, ), 1848

Occurrence:: Hawaii, Indo Pacific, South-Africa, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 62.6 °F - 66.2 °F (17°C - 19°C)
Food:: Carrion
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:

Berthellina barquini
Berthellina circularis
Berthellina citrina
Orangefarbener Gummbärchen, Flankenkiemer
Berthellina cuvieri
Berthellina delicata
Gummibärchen, Flankenkiemer
Berthellina edwardsii
Pfirsichschnecke
Berthellina granulata
Flankenkiemer
Berthellina ignis
Berthellina ilisima
Engels Gummibärchen, Oranger Blob
Berthellina magma
Berthellina minor
Berthellina oblonga
Berthellina quadridens
Berthellina saidensis
Berthellina utris
Flankenkiemer

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-04-18 08:51:37
Last edit:: 2017-04-19 20:45:09

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Berthellina granulata (Krauss, 1848)

The lemon pleurobranch is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.
This Seaslug has been found off the whole southern African coast and is known throughout the Indo-Pacific to Hawaiii.

The species is thought to be a scavenger

Synonyme:
Berthella granulata (Krauss, 1848)
Oscaniella granulata (Krauss, 1848)
Pleurobranchus granulatus Krauss, 1848 (original combination)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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