Berthella agassizii Agassiz's Sidegill

Berthella agassizii is commonly referred to as Agassiz's Sidegill. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Berthella agassizii,La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico 2024

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AphiaID:: 534375

Scientific:: Berthella agassizii
German:: Agassizs Flankenkiemer
English:: Agassiz's Sidegill

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Berthella (Genus) > agassizii (Species)
Initial determination:: (MacFarland, ), 1909

Occurrence:: Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Curacao, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, The Bahamas, USA, West-Atlantic 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:: - 620 Meter
Habitats:: Coastal waters, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1,2 cm
Temperature:: 3,7 °F - 11,7 °F (3,7°C - 11,7°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sea squirts
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

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-10-24 19:44:49
Last edit:: 2024-03-04 17:28:32

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Berthella agassizii (MacFarland, 1909)

The Body colour is a translucent reddish-brown to pink with scattered opaque white spots.Berthella agassizii is sympatric with Berthella stellata in both the Caribbean and the East Pacific (sympatric meens "Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas").

This sidegill slug inhabit shallow water and Rockshores.

Seaslugs genus Berthella feeds on Sponges and Ascidians.

Synonym:
Pleurobranchus agassizii

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 04.03.2024.

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Berthella agassizii,La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico 2024

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