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Berthellina punctata Dotted Berthelina, Side-gill Sea Slug, Gumdrop

Berthellina punctata is commonly referred to as Dotted Berthelina, Side-gill Sea Slug, Gumdrop. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Berthellina punctata,Auckland, Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2026


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
18677 
AphiaID:
1736481 
Scientific:
Berthellina punctata 
German:
Gepunktete Berthellina, Flankenkiemer 
English:
Dotted Berthelina, Side-gill Sea Slug, Gumdrop 
Category:
Ślimaki nagoskrzelne 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Berthellina (Genus) > punctata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1832 
Occurrence:
Australia, New Zealand 
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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks, under stones 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,7cm - 1,3cm) 
Temperature:
64.4 °F - 69.8 °F (18°C - 21°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, No reliable information available, 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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-10-12 19:57:15 

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Berthellina punctata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Berthellina is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchidae.

The type locality of Berthellina punctata is in New South Wales, Australia. This side-gilled sea slug is yellow to orange in colour, with small white dots on the surface of its body. The specific epithet punctata (from Latin punctatus, “dotted”) refers to these dots.

Berthellina punctata lays an orange egg ribbon on hard substrates.

Members of the genus are dietary specialists that feed on particular sponges. The sponge prey of Berthellina punctata is not known.

Synonymised names
Berthella brocki Vayssière, 1897 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pleurobranchus (Pleurobranchus) punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurobranchus punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Biodiversity of Heritage Library (en). Abgerufen am 12.10.2026.

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Berthellina punctata,Auckland, Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2026
Berthellina punctata,Auckland, Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2026
Berthellina punctata,Auckland, Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2025
Berthellina punctata,Auckland, Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2025

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