Pelagella felis Cat Pelagella

Pelagella felis is commonly referred to as Cat Pelagella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pelagella felis, Anilao 2024

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lexID:: 6635
AphiaID:: 1723491

Scientific:: Pelagella felis
German:: Katzen Pelagella
English:: Cat Pelagella

Category:: Ślimaki nagoskrzelne

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Pelagella (Genus) > felis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Baba, ), 1949

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, Corea, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Food specialist, No reliable information available, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-01-19 20:00:16
Last edit:: 2026-01-05 12:56:08

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Pelagella felis (Baba, 1949)

The head of this species is opaque white and on the dorsum are few dark brown patches. The sides of the body are translucent clear, brown (or yellow)and white mottling. It grows to 2,0 cm in length.

It feeds on colonial ascidians and lives in these colonies.

Synonymised names
Goniodoris felis Baba, 1949 · unaccepted

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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