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Mourgona murca Sapsucking Sea Slug

Mourgona murca is commonly referred to as Sapsucking Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dan Schofield, UK

Mourgona murca,9HGJ+372, West Bay, Cayman Islands 2023 (CC BY)


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lexID:
18128 
AphiaID:
494518 
Scientific:
Mourgona murca 
German:
Saftsaugerschnecke 
English:
Sapsucking Sea Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Caliphyllidae (Family) > Mourgona (Genus) > murca (Species) 
Initial determination:
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Costa Rica, Curacao, Martinique, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
5 - 18 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,4cm - 0,6cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-02-07 14:11:04 

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Mourgona murca Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970

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  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 07.02.2026.

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