Pleurobranchaea tarda Dwarf Warty Pleurobranch

Pleurobranchaea tarda is commonly referred to as Dwarf Warty Pleurobranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pleurobranchaea tarda,false bay yacht club basin 2021 (CC-BY-SA)

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lexID:: 17167
AphiaID:: 160478

Scientific:: Pleurobranchaea tarda
German:: Zwerg Warzen-Flankenkiemer
English:: Dwarf Warty Pleurobranch

Category:: Limaces de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchaeidae (Family) > Pleurobranchaea (Genus) > tarda (Species)
Initial determination:: A. E. Verrill, 1880

Occurrence:: North-West-Atlantic, South-Africa, USA, West 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:: 1 - 60 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 7,0 cm
Temperature:: 57.2 °F - 62.6 °F (14°C - 17°C)
Food:: cannibalism (preys on conspecifics), 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:

Pleurobranchaea agassizii
Pleurobranchaea augusta
Pleurobranchaea brockii
Gefleckter Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea bubala
Warziger Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea californica
Kalifornischer Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea catherinae
Pleurobranchaea gela
Pleurobranchaea inconspicua
Pleurobranchaea japonica
Pleurobranchaea maculata
Graue Flankenkiemer-Schnecke, Gefleckte Flankenkiemer-Schnecke
Pleurobranchaea meckeli
Flankenkiemer
Pleurobranchaea morosa
Pleurobranchaea obesa
Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra
Pleurobranchaea tarda
Zwerg Warzen-Flankenkiemer

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-01-19 19:59:37
Last edit:: 2025-01-19 19:59:37

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Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880

Pleurobranchaea tarda, the dwarf warty pleurobranch, is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.

Synonymised names
Pleurobranchaea capensis Vayssière, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

External links

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 19.01.2025.

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Spawn

Pleurobranchaea tarda,tafelberg reef hout bay 2024 (CC-BY-SA)

Pleurobranchaea tarda,Dalgleish Bank, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

Commonly

Pleurobranchaea tarda,Dalgleish Bank, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)

Pleurobranchaea tarda,photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)

Pleurobranchaea tarda,false bay yacht club basin 2021 (CC-BY-SA)

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