Thordisa filix Fern Thordisa

Thordisa filix is commonly referred to as Fern Thordisa. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Thordisa flix, 2013

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lexID:: 10416
AphiaID:: 139591

Scientific:: Thordisa filix
German:: Farn Thordisa
English:: Fern Thordisa

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Thordisa (Genus) > filix (Species)
Initial determination:: Pruvot-Fol, 1951

Occurrence:: Endemic species, European Coasts, Portugal, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 3 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1.18" - 1.97" (3cm - 5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Food specialist, No reliable information available, Sponges
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:

Thordisa aculeata
Thordisa albomacula
Thordisa aurea
Thordisa azmanii
Azmanis Thordisa
Thordisa bimaculata
Zweipunkt Thordisa
Thordisa burnupi
Thordisa diuda
Orange Thordisa
Thordisa filix
Farn Thordisa
Thordisa harrisi
Thordisa hilaris
Thordisa ladislavii
Thordisa lurca
Thordisa luteola
Thordisa nieseni
Thordisa oliva
Olive Thordisa
Thordisa pallida
Thordisa poplei
Thordisa rubescens
Rote Thordisa
Thordisa sanguinea
Thordisa tahala
Thordisa verrucosa
Thordisa villosa
Zottelige Thordisa, Gelbfuß Thordisa

More related species in this lexicon:

Thordisa sp.11
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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-02-06 07:57:38
Last edit:: 2026-09-25 12:38:26

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Thordisa filix (Pruvot-Fol, 1951)

Thordisa filix is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae. Previously known only from western Mediterranean. Reported here from Turkey.

Thordisa feeds exclusively on sponges.

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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