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Thordisa rubescens Red Thordisa

Thordisa rubescens is commonly referred to as Red Thordisa. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Thordisa rubescens laying eggs, 2016


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lexID:
12995 
AphiaID:
581825 
Scientific:
Thordisa rubescens 
German:
Rote Thordisa 
English:
Red Thordisa 
Category:
Nakensnäckor 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Thordisa (Genus) > rubescens (Species) 
Initial determination:
Behrens & Henderson, 1981 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 3.54" (9 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-05-02 16:57:12 

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Thordisa rubescens Behrens & Henderson, 1981

The trivial mean that the body is bright red-orange in colour. The notum is covered with numerous inflated, spiculose, papillae of various sizes and shapes. There is a scattering of gold flecks in a halo arounf the gill and around each rhinophore.

The radular morphology suggests it feed on sponges.

External links

  1. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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