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Notaeolidia gigas Nudibranch

Notaeolidia gigas is commonly referred to as Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
8573 
AphiaID:
533179 
Scientific:
Notaeolidia gigas 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Notaeolidiidae (Family) > Notaeolidia (Genus) > gigas (Species) 
Initial determination:
Eliot, 1905 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, South Atlantic, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Size:
2.36" - 4.33" (6cm - 11cm) 
Temperature:
-2,0 °F - +2,0 °F (-2,0°C - +2,0°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
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:
2020-04-06 15:08:26 

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Notaeolidia gigas Eliot, 1905

Notaeolidia gigas is a cold water sea slug. This species live in the Antarctic and was found at depths of 3-50 m. Notaeolidia gigas have 3 rows of cerata down each side(more than two hundred on each body side).

Notaeolidia gigas feeds on large hydroids genus Tubularia.The white spirally egg ribbons has been found on Rhodophyta algae.

Synonym:
Notaeolidia purpurea

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Cladobranchia (Infraorder) > Aeolidida (Parvorder) > Flabellinoidea (Superfamily) > Notaeolidiidae (Family) > Notaeolidia (Genus) > CNotaeolidia gigas (Species)

External links

  1. Guiamarina.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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