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Haloa crocata Natal Bubble

Haloa crocata is commonly referred to as Natal Bubble. 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:
14921 
AphiaID:
1374235 
Scientific:
Haloa crocata 
German:
Natal-Blasenschnecke 
English:
Natal Bubble 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Haloa (Genus) > crocata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pease, ), 1860 
Occurrence:
Hawaii, Marschall Islands, Vietnam 
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:
- 8 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Herbivorous, Red slime algae, Zoobenthos 
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:
  • Haloa binotata
  • Haloa flavescens
  • Haloa margaitoides
  • Haloa ovalis
  • Haloa rotundata
  • Haloa vitrea
  • Haloa yamagutii
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-06-23 11:46:44 

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Haloa crocata (Pease, 1860)

Snails genus Haminoeidae lives in warm or temperate seas. They have a bubble shaped shell. Therefore it is called bubble snail. All Haminoeidae snails are herbivorous. Species feed on a various kinds of green algaes.

The Natal Bubble (Haloa crocata) can be found on Halimeda beds and bluegreen algae in lagoons and on shallow reefs. The shell is translucent yellow-brown, the living animal white with green and brown spots.

Synonymised names:
Haminea sandwichensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Haminoea crocata Pease, 1860 · unaccepted (original combination)
Haminoea galba Pease, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. MarineLife Photography Keoki & Yuko Stender (en). Abgerufen am 23.06.2022.
  2. seaslugsofhawaii (en). Abgerufen am 23.06.2022.

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