Phyllodesmium hyalinum Translucent Phyllodesmium

Phyllodesmium hyalinum is commonly referred to as Translucent Phyllodesmium. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Phyllodesmium hyalinum, Israel 2022

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AphiaID:: 221074

Scientific:: Phyllodesmium hyalinum
German:: Transparente Phyllodesmium
English:: Translucent Phyllodesmium

Category:: Limaces de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Myrrhinidae (Family) > Phyllodesmium (Genus) > hyalinum (Species)
Initial determination:: Ehrenberg, 1831

Occurrence:: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Lembeh Strait, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania
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, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-14 20:23:06
Last edit:: 2024-05-08 11:21:11

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Phyllodesmium hyalinum, Ehrenberg, 1831

Phyllodesmium hyalinum found on an intertidal rock pool. Feeds exclusively on soft corals of the genus Xenia.

Synonymised names
Favorinus horridus brevitentaculatus Engel & van Eeken, 1962 · unaccepted
Phyllodesmium xeniae Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957 · unaccepted

External links

sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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lembeh 14 IMG_6773a sm Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium hyalinum, Aer Prang 1, Indonesia 2014

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