Oxynoe kylei Kyle's Sapsucking Slug, Tessellate Oxynoe

Oxynoe kylei wird umgangssprachlich oft als Schlundsackschnecke bezeichnet.

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lexID:

2913 

AphiaID:

1293522 

Scientific:

Oxynoe kylei 

German:

Mosaik Oxynoe, Kyles Saftsauger 

English:

Kyle's Sapsucking Slug, Tessellate Oxynoe 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Oxynoidae (Family) > Oxynoe (Genus) > kylei (Species) 

Initial determination:

Krug, Berriman & Valdés, 2018 

Occurrence:

Bali, Guam, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, Palau, Philippines 

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:

10 - 12 Meter 

Size:

1,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), 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:

• 
  Oxynoe antillarum
  Antillen Saftsauger
• Oxynoe azuropunctata
• 
  Oxynoe benchijigua
  Benchijigua Saftsauger
• Oxynoe kabirensis
• Oxynoe natalensis
• 
  Oxynoe olivacea
  Saftsauger
• Oxynoe panamensis
• 
  Oxynoe viridis
  Saftsauger

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Oxynoe jordani
  Jordan Saftsauger
• 
  Oxynoe kylei
  Mosaik Oxynoe, Kyles Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-10-26 15:38:46 

Last edit:

2025-09-23 16:26:31 

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