Dendrodoris albopurpura Nudibranch

Dendrodoris albopurpura.2015

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lexID:: 8108
AphiaID:: 533872

Scientific:: Dendrodoris albopurpura
German:: Nacktschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nakensnegler

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dendrodorididae (Family) > Dendrodoris (Genus) > albopurpura (Species)
Initial determination:: Burn, 1957

Occurrence:: Australia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: 2.95" - 5.91" (7.5cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Dendrodoris albobrunnea
Sternschnecke
Dendrodoris albopurpura
Nacktschnecke
Dendrodoris angolensis
Dendrodoris arborescens
Prachtsternschnecke
Dendrodoris areolata
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Dendrodoris azineae
Dendrodoris brodieae
Dendrodoris caesia
Blau-gefleckte Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris callosa
Dendrodoris carbunculosa
Nacktschnecke
Dendrodoris citrina
Zitronen Prachtsternschnecke
Dendrodoris coronata
Kronen-Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris denisoni
Dendrodoris elizabethina
Dendrodoris elongata
Lange Dendrodoris, Weiß-Braune Doris
Dendrodoris fosseti
Dendrodoris fulva
Dendrodoris fumata
Schwarze Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris fusca
Dendrodoris goani
Dendrodoris grandiflora
Grosse Marmorsternschnecke
Dendrodoris grisea
Dendrodoris guineana
Dendrodoris gunnamatta
Dendrodoris guttata
Gepunktete Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris herytra
Nacktschnecke
Dendrodoris karukeraensis
Dendrodoris kranjiensis
Dendrodoris krebsii
Krebs Sternschnecke
Dendrodoris krusensternii
Krusensterns Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris limbata
Mantelband Prachtsternschnecke
Dendrodoris maculata
Dendrodoris magagnai
Dendrodoris maugeana
Dendrodoris murina
Dendrodoris nigra
Schwarze Nacktschnecke, Schwarze Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris nigromaculata
Nacktschnecke
Dendrodoris orbicularis
Dendrodoris pustulosa
Dendrodoris rainfordi
Dendrodoris sadoensis
Dendrodoris senegalensis
Senegal Sternschnecke
Dendrodoris stohleri
Dendrodoris tuberculosa
Tuberkel-Dendrodoris, Blumenkohl-Nacktschnecke
Dendrodoris warta

More related species in this lexicon:

Dendrodoris temarana
Temara Sternschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-03-07 19:14:48
Last edit:: 2015-03-07 19:14:48

Info

Dendrodoris albopurpura Burn, 1957

The elongate body is mottled in crem and brown. On the mantle are small conical brown or purple tipped warts.

Very similar is Dendrodoris elongata (has no conical warts).

Dendrodoris albopurpura feeds exclusively on sponges.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Phyllidioidea (Superfamily) > Dendrodorididae (Family) > Dendrodoris (Genus) > Dendrodoris albopurpura (Species)

External links

Philippinen Sea Slugs (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Rfbolland.com (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Dendrodoris albopurpura, Caban, Phillpines 2018 (CC by-sa 3.0)

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