Goniobranchus lekker nudibranch

Chromodoris lekker 2023

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AphiaID:: 597360

Scientific:: Goniobranchus lekker
German:: Prachtsternschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Goniobranchus (Genus) > lekker (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gosliner, ), 1994

Occurrence:: Madagascar, Réunion , South-Africa, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 12 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.18" (1,5cm - 3,5cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: Food specialist, 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:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-05-06 12:38:41
Last edit:: 2017-05-06 13:47:34

Info

Goniobranchus lekker (Gosliner, 1994)

This species have an opaque white band at the mantle edge, then an orange band and then a purplish white band on which there are dark purple or reddish spots. On the mantle there are fine opaque white spots. Rhinophores and gills are white.

Goniobranchus lekker feeds exclusively on sponges, including Chelonaphysilla violacea.

Synonym:
Chromodoris lekker Gosliner, 1994

External links

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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Goniobranchus lekker (6mm), La Reunion 2019

U-turn (Chromodoris lekker), La Reunion 2016

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