Asteronotus spongicolus Nudibranch

Asteronotus spongicolus, Romblon 2024

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lexID:: 6963
AphiaID:: 387700

Scientific:: Asteronotus spongicolus
German:: Nacktschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Asteronotus (Genus) > spongicolus (Species)
Initial determination:: Gosliner & Valdés, 2002

Occurrence:: Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Tansania
Size:: 0.39" - 0.98" (1cm - 2.5cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Asteronotus cespitosus
Fladen-Höckerschnecke
Asteronotus hepaticus
Nacktschnecke
Asteronotus mabilla
Asteronotus mimeticus
Nacktschnecke
Asteronotus raripilosus
Asteronotus spongicolus
Nacktschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-06 14:12:08
Last edit:: 2014-04-06 14:12:08

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Asteronotus spongicolus Gosliner & Valdés, 2002

Asteronotus spongicolus feeds exclusively on sponges (Carteriospongia).This species lives on the underside of these sponges.

Very similar is Asteronotus mimeticus.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Discodorididae (Family) > Asteronotus (Genus)

External links

Philippinen Sea Slugs (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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