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Launsina rubropurpurata Nudibranch

Launsina rubropurpurata is commonly referred to as Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Launsina rubropurpurata,Unknown7, JP-SZ, JP 2024


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lexID:
12506 
AphiaID:
1892894 
Scientific:
Launsina rubropurpurata 
German:
Fadenschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Flabellinidae (Family) > Launsina (Genus) > rubropurpurata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gosliner & Willan, ), 1991 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Australia, Indo Pacific, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), South-Africa, Taiwan 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
5 - 13 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,7cm - 1,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps, No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-06-13 19:56:52 

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Launsina rubropurpurata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)

Body colour is a purple hue, overlaid by a white frosting of superficial pigment on the back and sides. The tips of the cerata and rhinophores are orange and the outer part of the oral tentacles with white pigment. Rhinophore stalk and base of club purple, then white with a reddish purple tip. Rhinophores are lamellate.

Launsina rubropurpurata was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea with an additional specimen from Sodwana Bay, Natal, South Africa. It is thought to be distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific. It has been reported from Hawaiii but significant differences in colouration make this identification doubtful, named Samla cf. rubropurpurata.

Synonymised names
Flabellina rubropurpurata Gosliner & Willan, 1991 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Samla rubropurpurata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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