Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Side-gill Slug

Pleurobranchaea inconspicua is commonly referred to as Side-gill Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pleurobranchaea inconspicua,Fort Bay, Caribbean Netherlands 2022 (CC BY)

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lexID:: 18138
AphiaID:: 140817

Scientific:: Pleurobranchaea inconspicua
German:: Unauffälliger Flankenkiemer, Kryptischer Flankenkiemer
English:: Side-gill Slug

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchaeidae (Family) > Pleurobranchaea (Genus) > inconspicua (Species)
Initial determination:: Bergh, 1897

Occurrence:: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, USA
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:: 5 - 150 Meter
Habitats:: Rubble, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Banks
Size:: 0.39" - 3.15" (1,3cm - 8,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, No reliable information available, omnivore, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pleurobranchaea agassizii
Pleurobranchaea augusta
Pleurobranchaea brockii
Gefleckter Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea bubala
Warziger Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea californica
Kalifornischer Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea catherinae
Pleurobranchaea gela
Pleurobranchaea inconspicua
Unauffälliger Flankenkiemer, Kryptischer Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea japonica
Pleurobranchaea maculata
Graue Flankenkiemer-Schnecke, Gefleckte Flankenkiemer-Schnecke
Pleurobranchaea meckeli
Meckels Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea morosa
Pleurobranchaea obesa
Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra
Pleurobranchaea tarda
Zwerg Warzen-Flankenkiemer

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-02-10 17:12:05
Last edit:: 2026-02-10 17:27:43

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Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897

Species of Pleurobranchaea are carnivorous hunters. They feeds a wide variety of prey items.

Synonymised names
Pleurobranchaea bonnieae Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
Pleurobranchaea hamva Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1955 · unaccepted
Pleurobranchaea hedgpethi Abbott, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurobranchus inconspicua (Bergh, 1897) · unaccepted

External links

researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 10.02.2026.
seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 10.02.2026.
slugsite.us (en). Abgerufen am 10.02.2026.

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Pleurobranchaea inconspicua,Fort Bay, Caribbean Netherlands 2022 (CC BY)

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