Volvatella ventricosa Volvatella slug, Sup-sucking-slug

Volvatella ventricosa wird umgangssprachlich als Saftsauger bezeichnet.

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Volvatella ventricosa

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AphiaID:: 494416

Scientific:: Volvatella ventricosa
German:: Saftsauger
English:: Volvatella Slug, Sup-sucking-slug

Category:: Sacoglossa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Volvatellidae (Family) > Volvatella (Genus) > ventricosa (Species)
Initial determination:: K. Jensen & Wells, 1990

Occurrence:: Central Pazific, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Marschall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 3 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
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:

Volvatella angelinianae
Volvatella australis
Volvatella ayakii
Volvatella bermudae
Volvatella candida
Volvatella cincta
Volvatella cumingii
Volvatella elioti
Volvatella evansi
Volvatella ficula
Volvatella fragilis
Volvatella kawamurai
Volvatella laguncula
Volvatella maculata
Saftsauger
Volvatella omega
Volvatella pyriformis
Volvatella ventricosa
Saftsauger
Volvatella vigourouxi
Saftsauger
Volvatella viridis
Saftsauger

More related species in this lexicon:

Volvatella angeliniana
Saftsauger

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-05-13 14:09:39
Last edit:: 2019-09-20 12:53:31

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Volvatella ventricosa K. Jensen & Wells, 1990

Volvatella have a large, weakly calcified, bulloid-shaped shell. At its posterior end, the shell narrows into a funnel or spout. The foot is relatively short . On the head is a pair of rounded oral lobes and a pair of somewhat flattened, rounded rhinophores.When this species disturbed, it produce a sticky white secretion .

Volvatella slugs feeds on the greenalgae Caulerpa.

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wild Singapore Homepage (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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