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Navanax inermis California aglaja

Navanax inermis is commonly referred to as California aglaja. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5298 
AphiaID:
367836 
Scientific:
Navanax inermis 
German:
Kalifornische Aglaja, Kopfschildschnecke 
English:
California Aglaja 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Navanax (Genus) > inermis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(J. G. Cooper, ), 1862 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), California, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), 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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 8.86" (22.5 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-25 20:33:39 

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Navanax inermis (Cooper, 1863)

Feeds on various sea slugs and bubble shells.

The slug is host of the ectoparasitic copepod Anthessius navanacis.

California aglaja uses chemoreceptors to track slime trails of Prey and of potential mates.

Gost of ectoparasitic copepod Anthessius navanacis.

Synonymised names:
Aglaja bakeri MacFarland, 1924
Doridium purpureum Bergh, 1894
Navarchus inermis J. G. Cooper, 1862
Posterobranchaea maculata d'Orbigny, 1835 (nomen oblitum)
Strategus inermis J. G. Cooper, 1862 (original combination)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2024.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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