Peltodoris murrea nudibranch

Peltodoris murrea, 2019

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lexID:: 10589
AphiaID:: 578708

Scientific:: Peltodoris murrea
German:: Prachtsternschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Peltodoris (Genus) > murrea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Abraham, ), 1877

Occurrence:: Egypt, Indo Pacific, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Réunion , the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1,0 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.97" (2,2cm - 5,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Peltodoris atromaculata
Leoparden-Sternschnecke
Peltodoris aurea
Peltodoris carolynae
Peltodoris lancei
Peltodoris lippa
Peltodoris mullineri
Mulliners Sternschnecke
Peltodoris murrea
Prachtsternschnecke
Peltodoris nobilis
Pazifik-Meerzitrone
Peltodoris punctifera
Gepunktete Sternschnecke
Peltodoris rosae
Peltodoris rubra
Sternschnecke
Peltodoris temarensis

More related species in this lexicon:

Peltodoris lentiginosa
Große Sommersprossen-Sternschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-30 19:46:56
Last edit:: 2017-05-01 14:22:11

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Peltodoris murrea (Abraham, 1877)

The mantle is a translucent greyish white with light purplish grey patches.Rhinophores and the gills are white. The mantle is firm and smooth , sometimes with small and soft tubercles. The mantle margin has a very thin milk-white marginal line.

Peltodoris murrea feeds exclusively on sponges.

Synonyms:
Discodoris mauritiana
Doris murrea
Peltodoris mauritiana

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Discodorididae (Family) > Peltodoris (Genus) > Peltodoris murrea (Species)

External links

Flickr Jean-Marie Gardot (en). 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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