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Polybranchia orientalis Oriental Polybranchia

Polybranchia orientalis is commonly referred to as Oriental Polybranchia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
8729 
AphiaID:
494520 
Scientific:
Polybranchia orientalis 
German:
Orinetalische Polybranchia 
English:
Oriental Polybranchia 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Polybranchia (Genus) > orientalis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kelaart, ), 1858 
Occurrence:
Ambon, Australia, Bali, Hawaii, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Samoa, Singapore, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
1.18" - 2.64" (3cm - 6.7cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore) 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-28 13:26:30 

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Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858)

Sea slugs genus Polybranchia ave leaf-like cerata, which contains fine branching of the digestive gland ducts in the cerata.

Polybranchia orientalis produce a distasteful milky secretions on the skin and the from glands along the edge of the cerata.

When disturbed this sea slug are able to cast off their cerata.New cerata are regrown in a few days.

The background can be a variation in colour from brown to green,sometimes red ,related to its algae food and the light.

Synonymised names
Branchophyllum orientale (Kelaart, 1858) · unaccepted
Phyllobranchillus orientalis (Kelaart, 1858) · unaccepted
Phyllobranchus orientalis (Kelaart, 1858) · unaccepted
Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, 1858 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2024.
  3. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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