Pleurehdera postrema Side-gilled Slug

Pleurehdera postrema is commonly referred to as Side-gilled Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17976 

AphiaID:

1736473 

Scientific:

Pleurehdera postrema 

German:

Flankenkiemer 

English:

Side-gilled Slug 

Category:

Limaces de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurehdera (Genus) > postrema (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Burn, ), 1962 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, New Caledonia 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

1,4 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Sponges 

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:

• 
  Pleurehdera haraldi
  Haralds Flankenkiemer

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pleurehdera andromeda
  Galaxis Flankenkiemer
• 
  Pleurehdera nebula
  Flankenkiem
• 
  Pleurehdera postrema
  Flankenkiemer
• 
  Pleurehdera stellata
  Sternen-Berthella, Flankenkiemer
• 
  Pleurehdera strongi
  Strongs Berthella, Flankenkiemer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-12-19 13:51:35 

Last edit:

2025-12-19 14:06:34 

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