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Aegires leuckartii Leuckart's Nudibranch

Aegires leuckartii is commonly referred to as Leuckart's Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
11149 
AphiaID:
138704 
Scientific:
Aegires leuckartii 
German:
Leuckarts Aegires 
English:
Leuckart's Nudibranch 
Category:
Nakensnäckor 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Aegiridae (Family) > Aegires (Genus) > leuckartii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Vérany, 1853 
Occurrence:
European Coasts, France, Italy, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 
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:
- 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0,5 cm 
Temperature:
53.6 °F - 75.2 °F (12°C - 24°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, 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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-23 18:30:39 

Info

Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853

Aegires leuckartii is a very small nudibranch. The body colour is white, with brown spots. Juvenile are translucent white and lak the brown spots.

Species within this genus Aegiris feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.

Synonym:
Aegires leuckarti

External links

  1. OPK (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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