Peltodoris murrea

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lexID:: 10589
AphiaID:: 578708

Scientific:: Peltodoris murrea
German:: Sternschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Limaces de mer
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Peltodoris (Genus) > murrea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Abraham, ), 1877

Occurrence:: Egypte, île Maurice, indo pacifique, La Réunion, Pacifique Ouest, Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée, Seychelles
Sea depth:: 1,0 Meter
Size:: 2,2 cm - 5,0 cm
Temperature:: °C - 25°C
Food:: Sponges, spécialiste de la nourriture
Difficulty:: Pas pour l'aquarium!
Offspring:: None

CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Peltodoris atromaculata
Leoparden-Sternschnecke oder Kuh-Schnecke
Peltodoris aurea
Peltodoris carolynae
Peltodoris lancei
Peltodoris lippa
Peltodoris mullineri
Peltodoris murrea
Sternschnecke
Peltodoris nobilis
Pazifik-Meerzitrone
Peltodoris punctifera
Sternschnecke
Peltodoris rosae
Peltodoris rubra
Sternschnecke
Peltodoris temarensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-30 19:46:56
Last edit:: 2017-05-01 14:22:11

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Peltodoris murrea (Abraham, 1877)

The mantle is a translucent greyish white with light purplish grey patches.Rhinophores and the gills are white. The mantle is firm and smooth , sometimes with small and soft tubercles. The mantle margin has a very thin milk-white marginal line.

Peltodoris murrea feeds exclusively on sponges.

Synonyms:
Discodoris mauritiana
Doris murrea
Peltodoris mauritiana

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Discodorididae (Family) > Peltodoris (Genus) > Peltodoris murrea (Species)

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