Polycera melanosticta Black-Speckled Polycera

Polycera melanosticta is commonly referred to as Black-Speckled Polycera. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11753 

AphiaID:

531372 

Scientific:

Polycera melanosticta 

German:

Schwarz gesprenkelte Polycera 

English:

Black-Speckled Polycera 

Category:

Ślimaki nagoskrzelne 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Polycera (Genus) > melanosticta (Species) 

Initial determination:

M. C. Miller, 1996 

Occurrence:

Australia, Endemic species, New Zealand 

Sea depth:

1 - 25 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm) 

Temperature:

32 °F - 68 °F (0°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, 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
  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 Polycera
• 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
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Polycera kernowensis
  Cornwall Polycera
• 
  Polycera nimbsi
  Nimbs Polycera
• 
  Polycera norvegica
  Norwegische Polycera
• 
  Polycera sp-a
  Blasse Neonsternschnecke
• 
  Polycera sp-b
  Orange-Linien Neonsternschnecke
• 
  Polycera sp-c
  Gelbgepunktete Neonsternschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-10-27 19:46:19 

Last edit:

2025-11-09 12:47:31 

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