Platydoris pulchra nudibranch

Platydoris pulchra, La Reunion 2016

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AphiaID:: 599524

Scientific:: Platydoris pulchra
German:: Ledernackenschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Limaces de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Platydoris (Genus) > pulchra (Species)
Initial determination:: Eliot, 1904

Occurrence:: Egypt, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Red Sea, Réunion , Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zanzibar
Sea depth:: 1 - 14 Meter
Size:: 1.18" - 1.97" (3,0cm - 5,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Food specialist, No reliable information available, 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:

Platydoris angustipes
Ledernackenschnecke
Platydoris annulata
Platydoris argo
Rotbraune Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris carinata
Platydoris cinereobranchiata
Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris cruenta
Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris dierythros
Karmesinrote Platydoris
Platydoris ellioti
Eliots Platydoris, Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris formosa
Gesprenkelte Platydoris, Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris galbana
Platydoris inframaculata
Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris inornata
Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris macfarlandi
Platydoris ocellata
Augenflecken Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris pulchra
Ledernackenschnecke
Platydoris rolani
Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris sabulosa
Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris sanguinea
Rote Platydoris, Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris scabra
Ledernacktschnecke
Platydoris spongilla
Platydoris striata
Gestrichelte Ledernackenschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-05-26 19:34:36
Last edit:: 2017-05-28 14:18:44

Info

Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904

The body shape is typical for the genus with a wide mantle skirt and relatively narrow body, The mantle is firm and leathery, with a translucent white background colour, which is mainly obscured by light orange and patches of darker orange. Around the mantle edge there are purplish blue patches. The underside of the mantle is translucent white with small bluish patches.

Sea slugs genus Platydoris feed on sponges.

Synonymised names
Platydoris incerta Eliot, 1904 · unaccepted

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: La Réunion, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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