Okenia eolida

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Okenia plana, PNG 2018

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AphiaID:: 550445

Scientific:: Okenia eolida
German:: Nacktschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Ślimaki nagoskrzelne
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Okenia (Genus) > eolida (Species)
Initial determination:: (Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1832

Occurrence:: Western Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japonia
Size:: bis zu 1cm
Temperature:: 20°C - 27°C
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), specjalista pokarmowy!
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-11-16 13:13:58
Last edit:: 2014-11-16 13:13:58

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Okenia eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
(formerly classified as Okenia plana)

Okenia eolida has a broad translucent white body with brown patches and five elongate lateral papillae on each side.

Okenia eolida feeds exclusively on fouling mossanimal(bryozoan).Fouling bryozoan found in brackish water and on shipps. By shipping mossanimal and Okenia eolida has a wide distribution in the western Pacific.Fouling bryozoan are e.g.Conopeum,Membranipora,Cryptosula and Jellyella.

Very similar is Okenia pilosa.

Synonym:
Doris eolida
Hopkinsia plana
Okenia plana

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Onchidoridoidea (Superfamily) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Okenia (Genus)

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