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Thecacera pennigera Rudman`s Thecacera, Winged Thecacera

Thecacera pennigera is commonly referred to as Rudman`s Thecacera, Winged Thecacera. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Thecacera pennigera,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023


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lexID:
5303 
AphiaID:
140840 
Scientific:
Thecacera pennigera 
German:
Geflügelte Hörnchenschnecke 
English:
Rudman`s Thecacera, Winged Thecacera 
Category:
Nakensnäckor 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Thecacera (Genus) > pennigera (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Montagu, ), 1813 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Australia, Bali, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Circumglobal, cosmopolitan species, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Japan, New Zealand, North Pacific (Ocean), Pakistan, Scotland, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 
Sea depth:
- 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 1.18" (0,5cm - 3cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Bryozoans (sea mats), Food specialist 
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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More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-04-25 15:02:38 

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Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815)

This species feeds exclusively on the bryozoan Bugula sp. Its large global range indicates a broad tolerance to temperature.

Synonymised names
Doris pennigera Montagu, 1813 · unaccepted
Thecacera lamellata Barnard, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thecacera maculata Eliot, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. NEMESIS (en). Abgerufen am 19.11.2022.
  3. The Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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CMHurwood_Thecacera pennigera_Blairgowrie pier_October 04, 2019
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Thecacera pennigera, 2018
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Thecacera pennigera, 2017
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