Hancockia californica Hancock's nudibranch

Hancockia californica.Pillar Point.2021

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lexID:: 8747
AphiaID:: 581831

Scientific:: Hancockia californica
German:: Hancock's Nacktschnecke
English:: Hancock's Nudibranch

Category:: Ślimaki nagoskrzelne

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Hancockiidae (Family) > Hancockia (Genus) > californica (Species)
Initial determination:: MacFarland, 1923

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific)
Size:: 0.35" - 0.39" (0.9cm - 1,5cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps
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:

Hancockia burni
Hancockia californica
Hancock's Nacktschnecke
Hancockia papillata
Hancockia ryrca
Hancockia schoeferti
Seetang Flammen-Schnecke
Hancockia uncinata
Krummtentakel Hancockia
Hancockia uniflora

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-09-13 13:06:45
Last edit:: 2015-09-13 13:06:45

Info

Hancockia californica MacFarland, 1923

Hancockia californica have hand-like cerata.This sea lsug of the Eastern Pacific feeds on hyrozoon polyps.

Similar are Sea slug genus Dendronotus, which have never the hand-shape cerata.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Cladobranchia (Infraorder) > Dendronotida (Parvorder) > Tritonioidea (Superfamily) > Hancockiidae (Family) > Hancockia (Genus) > Hancockia californica (Species)

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Video Flickr Robin Gwen Agarwal (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Spawn

Hancockia californica with fresh egg mass, Monterey County, California 2022

Commonly

Hancockia californica and hydroid,Monterey County, California 2022

Hancockia californica,Monterey County, California,2020

Hancockia californica, Califoria USA 2021

Nudibranch Hancockia californica, about 14 mm long.

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