Berthella aurantiaca Side-gill Slug

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lexID:

2453 

AphiaID:

140807 

Scientific:

Berthella aurantiaca 

German:

Orange Berthella 

English:

Side-gill Slug  

Category:

Nakensnäckor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Berthella (Genus) > aurantiaca (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Risso, ), 1818 

Occurrence:

the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

10 - 100 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist, Sea squirts, 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:

• 
  Berthella africana
  Afrika Berthella, Flankenkiemer
• 
  Berthella agassizii
  Agassizs Flankenkiemer
• Berthella americana
• 
  Berthella aurantiaca
  Orange Berthella
• 
  Berthella caledonica
  Flankenkiemer
• Berthella californica
• Berthella elongata
• Berthella grovesi
• Berthella lowei
• Berthella martensi
• 
  Berthella medietas
  Flankenkiemer
• 
  Berthella ocellata
  Gefleckte Berthella
• 
  Berthella ornata
  Verzierte-Berthella, Flankenkiemer
• Berthella patagonica
• Berthella pellucida
• Berthella platei
• 
  Berthella plumula
  Kleine Feder Berthella, Flankenkiemer
• Berthella punctata
• Berthella schroedli
• Berthella serenitas
• Berthella sideralis
• Berthella spatula
• Berthella stellata
• Berthella strongi
• Berthella tamiu
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-02-17 19:41:51 

Last edit:

2008-02-17 19:43:54 

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