Thuridilla livida Livid Thuridilla, Sapsucking Slug

Thuridilla livida Taiwan 2012

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AphiaID:: 494499

Scientific:: Thuridilla livida
German:: Wilde Thuridilla, Saftsauger
English:: Livid Thuridilla, Sapsucking Slug

Category:: Sacoglossa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Thuridilla (Genus) > livida (Species)
Initial determination:: (Baba, ), 1955

Occurrence:: Indo Pacific, Komodo (Komodo Island), Mayotte, Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: 0.47" - 0.79" (1.2cm - 2cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Food specialist
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:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-12-14 13:37:18
Last edit:: 2014-12-14 13:37:18

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Thuridilla livida (Baba, 1955)

The background colour is blue, black and white pigmented.Parapodia are black, orange and bright blue borderd.

Thuridilla livida use the chloroplasts from the green algae, their diet.

Similar to Thuridilla hoffae.

Synonymised names
Elysia livida Baba, 1955 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 18.07.2022.
Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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