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Bonisa nakaza Gas flame nudibranch

Bonisa nakaza is commonly referred to as Gas flame nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Bonisa nakaza,caravan inner Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2022 CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
9242 
AphiaID:
225533 
Scientific:
Bonisa nakaza 
German:
Gasflammen Nacktschnecke 
English:
Gas Flame Nudibranch 
Category:
Ślimaki nagoskrzelne 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Janolidae (Family) > Bonisa (Genus) > nakaza (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner, 1981 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, South-Africa 
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:
8 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.97" - 4.72" (5cm - 12cm) 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 66.2 °F (13°C - 19°C) 
Food:
Bryozoans (sea mats), Food specialist 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-23 19:14:08 

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Bonisa nakaza Gosliner, 1981

The body is variable in colour,and ranges from translucent clear to yellow-orange.The cerata can be yellow with blue tip.Some animals lack the blue pigment, than the tips are translucent white with a yellow or orange in colour. The rhinophores are yellow to orange.

Bonisa nakaza feeds exclusively on the heavily calcified bryozoan Tubucellaria levinseni.

This wonderfull Gas flame nudibranch was found from shallow water to 30m depth.

Synonym:
Janolus nakaza (Gosliner, 1981)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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