Costasiella usagi Rabbit Sapsucking Slug

Costasiella usagi is commonly referred to as Rabbit Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7494 

AphiaID:

494660 

Scientific:

Costasiella usagi 

German:

Kaninchen Saftsauger 

English:

Rabbit Sapsucking Slug 

Category:

Sacoglossa 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Costasiellidae (Family) > Costasiella (Genus) > usagi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ichikawa, 1993 

Occurrence:

Japan, Okinawa, Singapore, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.16" - 0.28" (0.4cm - 0.7cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous 

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:

• 
  Costasiella arenaria
  Saftsauger
• Costasiella coronata
• 
  Costasiella formicaria
  Saftsauger
• Costasiella illa
• Costasiella iridophora
• 
  Costasiella kuroshimae
  Kuro Saftsauger
• Costasiella mandorahae
• Costasiella nonatoi
• 
  Costasiella ocellifera
  Augenfleck Costasiella, Saftsauger-Schnecke, Schaun das Schaf, Blatt-Schäfchen
• Costasiella pallida
• Costasiella patricki
• Costasiella paweli
• Costasiella rubrolineata
• 
  Costasiella usagi
  Kaninchen Saftsauger
• 
  Costasiella vegae
  Saftsauger
• 
  Costasiella virescens
  Grüner Saftsauger
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Costasiella fridae
  Fridas Costasiella, Blatt-Schaaf
• 
  Costasiella sp.01
  Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-09-03 19:22:03 

Last edit:

2025-07-01 20:07:27 

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