Ercolania lozanoi Lozano's Ercolania

Ercolania lozanoi is commonly referred to as Lozano's Ercolania. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Ercolania lozanoi,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2022

Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 17572
AphiaID:: 141562

Scientific:: Ercolania lozanoi
German:: Lozanos Ercolania
English:: Lozano's Ercolania

Category:: Sacoglossa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Limapontiidae (Family) > Ercolania (Genus) > lozanoi (Species)
Initial determination:: Ortea, 1982

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibraltar, Azores, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,12cm - 0,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous
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:

Ercolania annelyleorum
Ercolania boodleae
Boodlea Saftsauger
Ercolania coerulea
Saftsauger, Blauer Stiliger
Ercolania endophytophaga
Saftsauger
Ercolania erbsus
Ercolania felina
Katzen-Ercolania, Saftsaugerschnecke
Ercolania fuscata
Dunkler-Saftsauger
Ercolania gopalai
Ercolania halophilae
Ercolania irregularis
Ercolania kencolesi
Ken Coles Ercolania, Saftsauger
Ercolania lozanoi
Lozanos Ercolania
Ercolania margaritae
Ercolania nigra
Ercolania pica
Ercolania raorum
Ercolania selva
Ercolania subviridis
Ercolania talis
Ercolania translucens
Ercolania varians
Ercolania viridis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-07-02 12:43:18
Last edit:: 2025-07-02 13:01:07

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Ercolania lozanoi Ortea, 1982

Ercolania is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.[

Type locality Palm-Mar, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Feeds on Codium adhaerens.

External links

researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 02.07.2025.

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Ercolania lozanoi,Las Palmas, Spain 2024

Ercolania lozanoi,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

Ercolania lozanoi,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2022

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