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Tritoniella belli Nudibranch

Tritoniella belli is commonly referred to as Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
8595 
AphiaID:
197498 
Scientific:
Tritoniella belli 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Nakensnäckor 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Tritoniella (Genus) > belli (Species) 
Initial determination:
Eliot, 1907 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Subantarctic Isles, Terre Adélie, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
160 - 366 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.15" (8 cm) 
Temperature:
32 °F - -1,1 °F (0°C - -1,1°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Cnidaria, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-06 15:50:14 

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Tritoniella belli Eliot, 1907

This coldwater sea slug was found in Antarctic and adjacent waters in dephts of 18 - 700 m.The body colour can be a milky-white,translucent white, yellow or orange.

Tritoniella belli usually feeds on Clavularia frankliniana, but it is thought that this sea slug also sometimes feeding on hydrozoa, sea anemones and on the soft coral Ascolepis sp.

Synonym:
Tritoniella sinuata

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Cladobranchia (Infraorder) > Dendronotida (Parvorder) > Tritonioidea (Superfamily) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Tritoniella (Genus) > Tritoniella belli (Species)

External links

  1. Guiamarina.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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