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Pleurobranchaea bubala warty pleurobranch

Pleurobranchaea bubala wird umgangssprachlich oft als Wariger Flankenkiemer bezeichnet.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Pleurobranchaea bubala,outer photographers, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA)


Courtesy of the author Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
11558 
AphiaID:
225494 
Scientific:
Pleurobranchaea bubala 
German:
Warziger Flankenkiemer 
English:
Warty Pleurobranch 
Category:
Limaces de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchaeidae (Family) > Pleurobranchaea (Genus) > bubala (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Rocky reefs, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 2.76" (7 cm) 
Temperature:
16,3 °F - 19,4 °F (16,3°C - 19,4°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-19 19:45:46 

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Pleurobranchaea bubala Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984

Body with rough and warty skin. Colour light cream to brown with pale blotches. Rhinopores set apart on the coners of the head, a single gill is under the mantle on the right side of the body.

Prays on other seaslugs. This species is endemic to South Africa and can be found on algae beds on sandy areas and on rocky reefs.

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 19.01.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Pleurobranchaea bubala,long beach, Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA
Pleurobranchaea bubala,long beach, Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA
Pleurobranchaea bubala, long beach, Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)
Pleurobranchaea bubala,false bay yacht club basin 2021 (CC-BY-SA)

Commonly

Pleurobranchaea bubala,outer photographers, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA)
Pleurobranchaea bubala,outer photographers, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2024 (CC-BY-SA)
Pleurobranchaea bubala,outer photographers, Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, South Africa 2018 (CC-BY-SA)
Pleurobranchaea bubala , Cape Town Nudibranchs 2010

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