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Asteronotus mimeticus Nudibranch

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Asteronotus mimeticus,Batangas, Luzon, Philippines 2023


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lexID:
7037 
AphiaID:
387699 
Scientific:
Asteronotus mimeticus 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Ślimaki nagoskrzelne 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Asteronotus (Genus) > mimeticus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner & Valdés, 2002 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean 
Size:
0.28" - 0.83" (0.7cm - 2.1cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, 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:
2014-04-19 13:22:03 

Info

Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdés, 2002

Asteronotus mimeticus have an oval in shaped body.The colour can be grey, brown or yellowish with many small spots.This species feeds exclusively on sponges. Found feeding on Phyllospongia lamellosa and Carteriospongia sponges.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) >Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) >Discodorididae (Family) > Asteronotus (Genus)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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