Polycera tricolor Three-color Polycera

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Polycera tricolor mating, 2017

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AphiaID:: 527536

Scientific:: Polycera tricolor
German:: Dreifarbige Polycera
English:: Three-color Polycera

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Polycera (Genus) > tricolor (Species)
Initial determination:: Robilliard, 1971

Occurrence:: Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific)
Size:: up to 0.79" (2 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°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:

Polycera abei
Babas Neonsternschnecke
Polycera alabe
Tintenfleck Neonsternschnecke
Polycera anae
Polycera atra
Sorcerers Polycera
Polycera aurantiomarginata
Neonsternschnecke
Polycera aurisula
Polycera capensis
Gekrönte Polycera, Kap Polycera
Polycera chilluna
Polycera elegans
Elegante Neonsternschnecke
Polycera faeroensis
Färöer Neonsternschnecke
Polycera fujitai
Fujita Neonsternschnecke
Polycera hedgpethi
Hedgepeths Polycera
Polycera herthae
Polycera hummi
Humms Polycera
Polycera janjukia
Janjuk Neonsternschnecke
Polycera japonica
Polycera kaiserae
Polycera maculata
Polycera maddoxi
Polycera manzanilloensis
Polycera marplatensis
Polycera melanosticta
Schwarz gesprenkelte Neonsternschnecke
Polycera odhneri
Polycera parvula
Kleine Polycera
Polycera picta
Polycera priva
Polycera quadrilineata
Gestreifte Neonsternschnecke, Vier Reihen Neonsternschnecke
Polycera risbeci
Risbecs Neonsternschnecke
Polycera rycia
Polycera tricolor
Dreifarbige Polycera
Polycera xicoi

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-02-09 19:54:52
Last edit:: 2015-02-09 19:54:52

Info

Polycera tricolor Robilliard, 1971

The background colour is translucent whitish with black-yellow-white appendages 5-10 frontal appendages and 4-6 appendages on each side).Rhinophores are similarly coloured.In some animals the foot is yellow bordered.

Polycera tricolor feeds on bryozoans (moss animals).

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Polyceroidea (Superfamily) > Polyceridae (Family) > Polycerinae (Subfamily) > Polycera (Genus) > Polycera tricolor (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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