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Tenellia maua Maua Nudibranch

Tenellia maua is commonly referred to as Maua Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Catriona maua,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023


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lexID:
16726 
AphiaID:
890629 
Scientific:
Tenellia maua 
German:
Maua Fadenschnecke 
English:
Maua Nudibranch 
Category:
Limaces de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Trinchesiidae (Family) > Tenellia (Genus) > maua (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, ), 1960 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Aruba, Azores, Bonaire, Canada Eastern Pacific, Cuba, Curacao, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West Africa 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
1 - 40 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1,2 cm 
Temperature:
18,6 °F - 28,2 °F (18,6°C - 28,2°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Hydrozoa polyps 
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:
2025-08-25 13:59:01 

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Tenellia maua Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960

Type locality Virginia Key, Miami, United States.

Feeds on Hydrozoon polyps.

Synonymised names
Catriona maua Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. OPK (en). Abgerufen am 04.09.2024.
  2. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 04.09.2024.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 04.09.2024.

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Catriona maua,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024
Catriona maua,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024
Catriona maua,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023

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