Husbandry
Pleurobranchus varians Pease, 1860
The notum is covered with closely conical tubercles,a few tubercles are nlarger than the others.The background colour can be light orange to dark wine-red, the colour is higly variable.
There are dark and white-spotted colour forms.
Juvenile Pleurobranchus varians the tubercles are poorly developed and the rhinophores have white tips.
This sea slug is nocturnal and a common species.It was found in moderately protected to highly exposed rocky habitats,also in Halimeda kanaloana beds,in tide pools and to depths of 15 m.
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Pleurobranchomorpha (Order) > Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurobranchus (Genus) > Pleurobranchus varians (Species)
The notum is covered with closely conical tubercles,a few tubercles are nlarger than the others.The background colour can be light orange to dark wine-red, the colour is higly variable.
There are dark and white-spotted colour forms.
Juvenile Pleurobranchus varians the tubercles are poorly developed and the rhinophores have white tips.
This sea slug is nocturnal and a common species.It was found in moderately protected to highly exposed rocky habitats,also in Halimeda kanaloana beds,in tide pools and to depths of 15 m.
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Pleurobranchomorpha (Order) > Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurobranchus (Genus) > Pleurobranchus varians (Species)
