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Hermaea cantabra sap-sucking slug

Hermaea cantabra is commonly referred to as sap-sucking slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Hermaea cantabra, 2019


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lexID:
12362 
AphiaID:
865550 
Scientific:
Hermaea cantabra 
German:
Saftsauger 
English:
Sap-sucking Slug 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Hermaea (Genus) > cantabra (Species) 
Initial determination:
Caballer & Ortea, 2015 
Occurrence:
Spain 
Sea depth:
1 - 15 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,4cm - 0,9cm) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Zoobenthos 
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:
2019-08-29 09:52:45 

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Hermaea cantabra Caballer & Ortea, 2015

Very similar to Hermaea bifida. Hermaea cantabra distinguish by longitudinal stripes along the head and the rhinophores (absent Hermaea bifida).

Diet: Red alagae of genus Ceramium.

White egg spiral containing about 500 eggs.

External links

  1. Opistbrachnquis (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2020.

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Hermaea cantabra, 2019

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