Costasiella virescens Green Sapsucking Sea Slug

Costasiella virescens is commonly referred to as Green Sapsucking Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Costasiella virescens,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2022

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lexID:: 17573
AphiaID:: 139414

Scientific:: Costasiella virescens
German:: Grüner Saftsauger
English:: Green Sapsucking Sea Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Costasiellidae (Family) > Costasiella (Genus) > virescens (Species)
Initial determination:: Pruvot-Fol, 1951

Occurrence:: East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea
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:: 1 - 7 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,1cm - 0,3cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous
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:

Costasiella arenaria
Saftsauger
Costasiella coronata
Costasiella formicaria
Saftsauger
Costasiella illa
Costasiella iridophora
Costasiella kuroshimae
Kuro Saftsauger
Costasiella mandorahae
Costasiella nonatoi
Costasiella ocellifera
Augenfleck Costasiella, Saftsauger-Schnecke, Schaun das Schaf, Blatt-Schäfchen
Costasiella pallida
Costasiella patricki
Costasiella paweli
Costasiella rubrolineata
Costasiella usagi
Kaninchen Saftsauger
Costasiella vegae
Saftsauger
Costasiella virescens
Grüner Saftsauger

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-07-03 12:38:27
Last edit:: 2025-07-03 12:56:50

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Costasiella virescens Pruvot-Fol, 1951

Costasiella is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranchid gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. Can be found on soft bottom. Costasiella are algae eater and sapsucking-slugs.

Costasiella virescens feeds on the green alaga Avrainvillea canariensis.

External links

researchgate.net (es). Abgerufen am 03.07.2025.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 03.07.2025.

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