Hermaea sp.02 Sapsucking Slug

Hermaea sp.02 is commonly referred to as Sapsucking 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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Hermaea sp. Taiwan 2020

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lexID:: 15181
AphiaID:: 138063

Scientific:: Hermaea sp.02
German:: Saftsauger
English:: Sapsucking Slug

Category:: Sacoglossa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Hermaea (Genus) > sp.02 (Species)
Initial determination:: Lovén, 1844

Occurrence:: Indonesia, Taiwan
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
Size:: 1,0 cm
Temperature:: 78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), 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:

Hermaea bifida
Saftsauger
Hermaea boucheti
Hermaea cantabra
Saftsauger
Hermaea coirala
Hermaea conejera
Hermaea cruciata
Hermaea cubana
Cuba Hermaea
Hermaea evelinemarcusae
Hermaea ghanensis
Hermaea hillae
Hermaea nautica
Hermaea noto
Hermaea oliviae
Olivias Saftsauger, Schlundsackschnecke
Hermaea paucicirra
Saftsauger
Hermaea vancouverensis
Vancouver Saftsauger
Hermaea variopicta
Bemalte Hermaea, Saftsauger
Hermaea wrangeliae
Hermaea zosterae

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-09-18 15:42:57
Last edit:: 2022-09-18 15:47:24

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Hermaea Lovén, 1844

This Hermaea with with translucent white body with brown and white spots. Transparent cerata with orange branched digestive gland is an undescribed species from Indonesia.

Feeds on algae.

Unfortunately, no more information available.

External links

Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 18.09.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2022.

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