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Phyllaplysia taylori Taylor's Seahare, Eelgrass Sea hare, Zebra Leafslug

Phyllaplysia taylori is commonly referred to as Taylor's Seahare, Eelgrass Sea hare, Zebra Leafslug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Phyllaplysia taylori, Woodley Island Marina, Eureka 2015


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lexID:
10203 
AphiaID:
568034 
Scientific:
Phyllaplysia taylori 
German:
Taylors Seehase, Seegras Seehase, Zebra Blattschnecke 
English:
Taylor's Seahare, Eelgrass Sea Hare, Zebra Leafslug 
Category:
Zające morskie 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Aplysiida (Order) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Phyllaplysia (Genus) > taylori (Species) 
Initial determination:
Dall, 1900 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, Pacific Ocean, USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 6 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 3.15" (3,5cm - 8,0cm) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Sponges 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-15 20:25:40 

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Phyllaplysia taylori Dall, 1900

The sea hare Phyllaplysia taylori can be found in two colour morphs, bright green and yellow with characteristic black and white stripes.With a flattened body it is well camouflaged on eelgrass Zostera marina (its being found almost exclusively on the eelgrass Zostera marina).

Phyllaplysia taylori feeds on epiphytes (sponges, diatioms) that settle on Zostera blades.

Predators are Solaster sea stars.

Similar to the eelgrass flatworm (Triplana viridis).

Synonym:
Phyllaplysia zostericola

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 15.09.2024.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Phyllaplysia taylori, Woodley Island Marina, Eureka 2015
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Phyllaplysia taylori, Woodley Island Marina, Eureka 2015
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Phyllaplysia taylori, Woodley Island Marina, Eureka 2015
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Phyllaplysia taylori, Woodley Island Marina, Eureka 2015
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Phyllaplysia taylori(Berkeley Marina) 2014
Phyllaplysia taylori 2014

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