Runcina africana headshield slug

Runcina africana is commonly referred to as headshield slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 11196
AphiaID:: 141406

Scientific:: Runcina africana
German:: Arfikanische Runcina
English:: Headshield Slug

Category:: Headshield slugs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Runcinida (Order) > Runcinidae (Family) > Runcina (Genus) > africana (Species)
Initial determination:: Pruvot-Fol, 1953

Occurrence:: East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,4cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Herbivorous, No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Runcina adriatica
Runcina africana
Arfikanische Runcina
Runcina akaymui
Runcina arnoldoi
Runcina australis
Runcina bahiensis
Runcina banyulensis
Runcina brenkoae
Runcina capreensis
Runcina carrilloi
Carrillos Runcina
Runcina coronata
Kronen Runcina
Runcina cruzi
Runcina divae
Runcina dorcae
Runcina elongata
Runcina falciformis
Runcina ferruginea
Runcina fijiensis
Runcina genciana
Runcina hansbechi
Runcina hidalgoensis
Runcina hornae
Runcina inconspicua
Runcina katipoides
Runcina kressae
Runcina laliae
Runcina langei
Runcina lenticula
Runcina macfarlandi
Runcina macrodenticulata
Runcina marshae
Runcina medanensis
Runcina nivalis
Runcina ornata
Runcina pacoi
Paco Talaveras Runcina
Runcina palominoi
Runcina paupera
Runcina prasina
Runcina rotunda

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-11-06 19:40:16
Last edit:: 2024-12-12 13:02:50

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Runcina africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953

The body is very dark brown in colour with two cremy-white lines on the dorsum. It grows to approximately 3,5 mm in length. Little is known of the biology of this species, but we can assume, that like other runcinids it is a herbivore feeding on filamentous green algae.

Runcina africana headshield slug

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