Polybranchia jensenae Jensen's Polybranchia

Polybranchia jensenae is commonly referred to as Jensen's Polybranchia. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Polybranchia jensenae

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Scientific:: Polybranchia jensenae
German:: Jensens Polybranchia
English:: Jensen's Polybranchia

Category:: Sacoglossa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Polybranchia (Genus) > jensenae (Species)
Initial determination:: Medrano, Krug, Gosliner, Biju Kumar & Valdés, 2018

Occurrence:: Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Marschall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Sea depth:: 1 - 8 Meter
Size:: 1.18" - 3.54" (3,5cm - 9cm)
Food:: algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Polybranchia orientalis
Orinetalische Polybranchia
Polybranchia pallens
Polybranchia viridis
Polybranchia westralis

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-12-13 19:46:46
Last edit:: 2019-12-13 19:46:46

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Polybranchia jensenae Medrano, Krug, Gosliner, Biju Kumar & Valdés, 2018

Polybranchia jensenae has broad, thin, leaf-like cerata with serrated edges and rounded tips. The outer face of each ceras is papillate while the inner face has longitudinal veins that become more prominent in larger animals. Irregular networks of white flecks cover the cerata and their bases are cloudy.

Named in honour of Dr Kathe R. Jensen, ZMUC, for her seminal and influential contributions to sacoglossan research.

External links

Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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