Hermaea variopicta Sapsucking Slug

Hermaea variopicta is commonly referred to as Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 6020
AphiaID:: 140095

Scientific:: Hermaea variopicta
German:: Bemalte Hermaea, Saftsauger
English:: Sapsucking Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Hermaea (Genus) > variopicta (Species)
Initial determination:: (A. Costa, ), 1869

Occurrence:: European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 1.57" (1cm - 4,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Hermaea bifida
Saftsauger
Hermaea boucheti
Hermaea cantabra
Saftsauger
Hermaea coirala
Hermaea conejera
Hermaea cruciata
Hermaea cubana
Cuba Hermaea
Hermaea evelinemarcusae
Hermaea ghanensis
Hermaea hillae
Hermaea nautica
Hermaea noto
Hermaea oliviae
Olivias Saftsauger, Schlundsackschnecke
Hermaea paucicirra
Saftsauger
Hermaea vancouverensis
Vancouver Saftsauger
Hermaea variopicta
Bemalte Hermaea, Saftsauger
Hermaea wrangeliae
Hermaea zosterae

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-09-07 18:31:46
Last edit:: 2025-06-30 13:33:25

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Hermaea variopicta (A. Costa, 1869)

Hermaea variopicta is a brightly coloured nudibranch. It has a light purple body with streaks of dark purple.Cerata are light purple with a bright orange tip.The cerata are able to inflate and deflate, so changing the general shape.

It feeds on Filamentous algae.

Synonymised names
Hermaea polychroma Hesse, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hermaeopsis variopicta A. Costa, 1869 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

OPK (en). Abgerufen am 30.06.2025.

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Hermaea variopicta © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Hermaea variopicta,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023

Hermaea variopicta,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2022

Hermaea variopicta,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021

Hermaea variopicta,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025

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