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Tomoberthella martensi Marten's Sidegill Slug, Marten's Berthella

Tomoberthella martensi is commonly referred to as Marten's Sidegill Slug, Marten's Berthella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5404 
AphiaID:
1720806 
Scientific:
Tomoberthella martensi 
German:
Martens Berthella, Martens Flankenkiemer 
English:
Marten's Sidegill Slug, Marten's Berthella 
Category:
Nakensnäckor 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Tomoberthella (Genus) > martensi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pilsbry, ), 1896 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Australia, Egypt, Gulf of California, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Sulawesi, Taiwan, Western Pacific 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:
- 1 Meter 
Habitats:
Barrier Reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 1.97" (1,5cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°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) 
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in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-16 14:34:54 

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Tomoberthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)

Tomoberthella martensi are quite variable in colour.This species can break off a part of its mantle,to irritate attacker.This nudibranch lives in shallow water,but also at greater depths. It feeds as other species of Berthella on sponges.

Synonymised names:
Berthella kaniae Sphon, 1972 · unaccepted
Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gymnotoplax martensi Pilsbry, 1896 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurobranchus (Bouvieria) scutatus E. von Martens, 1880 · unaccepted
Pleurobranchus scutatus E. von Martens, 1880 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)

External links

  1. Rfbolland.com (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 02.01.2024.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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