Pleurobranchus reticulatus sidegill slug

Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832, Portugal, Azoren

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AphiaID:: 849350

Scientific:: Pleurobranchus reticulatus
German:: Flankenkiemer
English:: Sidegill Slug

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurobranchus (Genus) > reticulatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Rang, 1832

Occurrence:: Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sea squirts, Sponges
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:

Pleurobranchus albiguttatus
Mosaik-Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus areolatus
Atlantischer Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus digueti
Diguets Flankenkiemer, Pazifischer Flankenkiemer, Warzige Flankenkiemerschnecke
Pleurobranchus forskalii
Forsskals Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus grandis
Große Flankenkiemer-Schnecke
Pleurobranchus hilli
Hills Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus iouspi
Pleurobranchus lacteus
Pleurobranchus mamillatus
Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
Membran Flankenkiemer, Highland Dancer
Pleurobranchus nigropunctatus
Mosaik Flankenkiemerschnecke
Pleurobranchus niveus
Pleurobranchus peronii
Perons-Flankenkiemer, Papillen Pleurobranchus
Pleurobranchus reticulatus
Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus semperi
Pleurobranchus sishaensis
Pleurobranchus testudinarius
Flankenkiemerschnecke
Pleurobranchus varians
Variabler Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchus weberi
Webers Flankenkiemer

More related species in this lexicon:

Pleurobranchus crossei
Warziger-Flankenkiemer

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-24 11:37:21
Last edit:: 2014-04-24 11:37:21

Info

Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832

PHOTO
Tarrafal, northwestern coast of São Tiago Island, Cape Verde Islands. Photo: P. Wirtz

This species has a net-work pattern of conspicuous white lines on a cream-coloured to dark brown, smooth notum. It is active during the day. It grows to a maximum of 5cm long.

Synonymised names:
Pleurobranchus garciagomezi Cervera, Cattaneo-Vietti & Edmunds, 1996 (synonym)
Pleurobranchus wirtzi Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014 (probable synonym)

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Pleurobranchus reticulatus,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023

Spawn

Pleurobranchus garciagomezi ,Copyright Prof.Dr.Peter Wirtz

Commonly

Pleurobranchus wirtzi - (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Caniço de Baixo, Madeira, Portugal

Pleurobranchus garciagomezi (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

Pleurobranchus reticulatus,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025

Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832, Portugal, Azoren

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