Nembrotha cristata Crested Nembrotha

Nembrotha cristata is commonly referred to as Crested Nembrotha. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2886 

AphiaID:

527320 

Scientific:

Nembrotha cristata 

German:

Neonsternschnecke 

English:

Crested Nembrotha 

Category:

Nudibranchs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Nembrotha (Genus) > cristata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bergh, 1877 

Occurrence:

Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Philippines, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

3 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Food specialist, Sea squirts 

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:

• 
  Nembrotha aurea
  Goldene Nembrotha
• 
  Nembrotha chamberlaini
  Chamberlains Nembrotha
• 
  Nembrotha cristata
  Neonsternschnecke
• Nembrotha edwardsi
• 
  Nembrotha kubaryana
  Kubaryanas Nembrotha, Variable Neonsternschnecke
• 
  Nembrotha lineolata
  Linien-Neonsternschnecke, Elfenbeinfarbene Linien-Neonsternschnecke
• 
  Nembrotha livingstonei
  Livingstons Neonsternschnecke, Kruzifix Nembrotha
• 
  Nembrotha megalocera
  Rotmeer-Nembrotha, Große Nembrotha, Megalodon Nembrotha
• 
  Nembrotha milleri
  Millers Nembrotha
• 
  Nembrotha mullineri
  Mulliner's Neonsternschnecke
• 
  Nembrotha purpureolineata
  Neonsternschnecke
• Nembrotha rosannulata
• Nembrotha yonowae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nembrotha sp.01
  Neonsternschnecke
• 
  Nembrotha sp.02
  Neonsternschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-08-22 10:36:58 

Last edit:

2025-10-09 17:53:07 

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