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Pleurobranchus albiguttatus mosaic pleurobranch,sidegill slug

Pleurobranchus albiguttatus is commonly referred to as mosaic pleurobranch,sidegill slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pleurobranchus albiguttatus 2023


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lexID:
7146 
AphiaID:
599473 
Scientific:
Pleurobranchus albiguttatus 
German:
Mosaik-Flankenkiemer 
English:
Mosaic Pleurobranch,sidegill Slug 
Category:
Ślimaki nagoskrzelne 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurobranchus (Genus) > albiguttatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bergh, ), 1905 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bali, Central Pazific, Comores, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Tansania, Tulamben, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
1 - 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Lagoons, Protected reefs, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0.98" - 4.72" (2.5cm - 12cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Sea squirts 
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:
2025-06-10 11:57:23 

Info

Pleurobranchus albiguttatus (Bergh, 1905)

This nocturnal species have a great number of rounded tubercles on the mantle.Its perfect camouflaged.the color forms vary.There are pale white, red to dark brown coloured species.Pleurobranchus albiguttatus lives to depths of 15 m on rocky habitats.The egg mass is a white wavy band.

This nudibranch feeds exclusively on colonial ascidians.

Synonymised names:
Oscaniella albiguttata Bergh, 1905 (original combination)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 02.11.2023.
  2. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 02.11.2023.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 10.06.2025.

Pictures

Juvenile

Pleurobranchus albiguttatus - Juvenile, Israel 2021
Pleurobranchus albiguttatus juvenile 10mm, 2019

Spawn

Pleurobranchus albiguttatus with an egg mass, Kwajaeib

Commonly

Pleurobranchus albiguttatus copyright Wolfgang Krutz
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Pleurobranchus albiguttatus Copyright Bo Davidsson
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Pleurobranchus albiguttatus 2023
Pleurobranchus albiguttatus, 2020

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