Colpodaspis thompsoni Fried Egg Sea Slug

Colpodaspis thompsoni is commonly referred to as Fried Egg Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5372 

AphiaID:

509679 

Scientific:

Colpodaspis thompsoni 

German:

Spiegelei Schnecke 

English:

Fried Egg Sea Slug 

Category:

Headshield slugs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Colpodaspididae (Family) > Colpodaspis (Genus) > thompsoni (Species) 

Initial determination:

G. H. Brown, 1979 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Malaysia, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 29 Meter 

Size:

0.12" - 0.2" (0.3cm - 0.5cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, 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:

• Colpodaspis pusilla
• 
  Colpodaspis thompsoni
  Spiegelei Schnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Colpodaspis sp.01
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Colpodaspis sp.02
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Colpodaspis sp.03
  Kopfschildschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-01 18:26:01 

Last edit:

2023-09-03 14:03:13 

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