Phyllidia ocellata Ocellated Phyllidia

Phyllidia ocellata is commonly referred to as Ocellated Phyllidia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Phyllidia ocellata
German:: Augenfleck-Warzenschnecke
English:: Ocellated Phyllidia

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidia (Genus) > ocellata (Species)
Initial determination:: Cuvier, 1804

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Australia, Chile, Corea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Western Australia
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:: 1 - 45 Meter
Size:: up to 2.36" (6 cm)
Temperature:: 24,6 °F - 29,3 °F (24,6°C - 29,3°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), 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:: 2004-10-31 23:29:11
Last edit:: 2025-09-05 09:40:44

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Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier, 1804

The Ocellate Phyllidia feeds on sponges and algae.

Synonymised names:
Phyllidia baccata Pruvot-Fol, 1957
Phyllidia japonica Baba, 1937
Phyllidia tuberculata Baba, 1930 (Junior homonym of Phyllidia tuberculata Risbec, 1928; P. japonica Baba, 1937 is a substitute name)
Phyllidiopsis carinata Eliot, 1910

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Phyllidia ocellata undula Yonow, 1986 accepted as Phyllidia undula Yonow, 1986

External links

researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 08.09.2024.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.11.2023.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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