Glossodoris pallida Pallid Glossodoris, White Mantle Glossodoris

Glossodoris pallida is commonly referred to as Pallid Glossodoris, White Mantle Glossodoris. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Glossodoris pallida,doodles, Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique 2019 (CC-BY-SA)

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lexID:: 7226
AphiaID:: 527355

Scientific:: Glossodoris pallida
German:: Weißmantel-Glossodoris
English:: Pallid Glossodoris, White Mantle Glossodoris

Category:: Limaces de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Glossodoris (Genus) > pallida (Species)
Initial determination:: (Rüppell & Leuckart, ), 1830

Occurrence:: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Australia, East Africa, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mozambique, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean
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:: Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.3" (1cm - 3.3cm)
Temperature:: 25,2 °F - 29,2 °F (25,2°C - 29,2°C)
Food:: Food specialist, 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:

Glossodoris aeruginosa
Prachtsternschnecke
Glossodoris angasi
Angas Prachtsternschnecke
Glossodoris aureola
Glossodoris bombayana
Glossodoris cincta
Gürtel-Prachtsternschnecke
Glossodoris erythraea
Glossodoris gregorius
Glossodoris hikuerensis
Tuamotu-Prachtsternschnecke
Glossodoris humberti
Glossodoris katoi
Glossodoris lamberti
Glossodoris misakinosibogae
Prachtsternschnecke
Glossodoris pallida
Weißmantel-Glossodoris
Glossodoris pantherina
Glossodoris prismatica
Glossodoris rufomarginata
Braunrand-Glossodoris, Caramelrand-Glossodoris, Rotrand-Glossodoris
Glossodoris semeion
Glossodoris souverbiei
Glossodoris thalassopora
Glossodoris vespa
Glossodoris xishaensis

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-06-15 13:49:08
Last edit:: 2025-01-20 19:58:06

Info

Glossodoris pallida (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)

This nudibranch have a white body with white or pale patches. Glossodoris pallida have a yellow or orange mantle margin.The gills and rhinophores are pale white with yellow tips.

This species feeds on sponges(exclusively on siliceous sponges as Hyrtios alatum and Hyrtios erceta).

Similar to Glossodoris buko (with white gills and rhinophores).

Synonymised names
Chromodoris pallida (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) · unaccepted
Doris pallida Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 · unaccepted (original combination)
Doris xantholeuca Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted
Glossodoris xantholeuca (Ehrenberg, 1831) · unaccepted

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spawn

glossodoris pallida copyright Wolfgang Krutz

Commonly

Glossodoris pallida; Aufnahme Rajat Ampat

Glossodoris pallida,doodles, Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique 2019 (CC-BY-SA)

Glossodoris pallida,antons, two mile, uMkhanyakude District Municipality, South Africa 2024 (CC-BY-SA)

Glossodoris pallida.110th species observed in lagoons or rockpools in Reunion Island.2021

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