Polycera elegans Elegant Polycera

Polycera elegans is commonly referred to as Elegant Polycera. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Polycera elegans,Eleganz-Neonsternschnecke,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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lexID:: 9850
AphiaID:: 140833

Scientific:: Polycera elegans
German:: Elegante Neonsternschnecke
English:: Elegant Polycera

Category:: Ślimaki nagoskrzelne

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Polycera (Genus) > elegans (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bergh, ), 1894

Occurrence:: Azores, European Coasts, France, Ireland, Italy, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
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:: 5 - 25 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.79" - 1.57" (2,0cm - 4,8cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, 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:

Polycera abei
Babas Neonsternschnecke
Polycera alabe
Tintenfleck Neonsternschnecke
Polycera anae
Polycera atra
Sorcerers Polycera
Polycera aurantiomarginata
Neonsternschnecke
Polycera aurisula
Polycera capensis
Gekrönte Polycera
Polycera chilluna
Polycera elegans
Elegante Neonsternschnecke
Polycera faeroensis
Färöer Neonsternschnecke
Polycera fujitai
Fujita Neonsternschnecke
Polycera hedgpethi
Hedgepeths Polycera
Polycera herthae
Polycera hummi
Neonsternschnecke
Polycera janjukia
Janjuk Neonsternschnecke
Polycera japonica
Polycera kaiserae
Polycera maculata
Polycera maddoxi
Polycera manzanilloensis
Polycera marplatensis
Polycera melanosticta
Schwarz gesprenkelte Neonsternschnecke
Polycera odhneri
Polycera parvula
Kleine Polycera
Polycera picta
Polycera priva
Polycera quadrilineata
Gestreifte Neonsternschnecke, Vier Reihen Neonsternschnecke
Polycera risbeci
Risbecs Neonsternschnecke
Polycera rycia
Polycera tricolor
Dreifarbige Polycera
Polycera xicoi

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-07-13 15:07:28
Last edit:: 2024-08-27 13:12:21

Info

Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)

Ranges in background colour from yellow to bright orange with distinctive raised bright blue spots scattered over the dorsum and sides of the body. Sometimes there are small red specks in the blue spots.
Feed only on the bryozoan Bugula turbinata !

Synonymised names:
Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894 · accepted, alternate representation
Palio espagnoli Tejedo, 1994
Polycera atlantica Pruvot-Fol, 1956
Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941

External links

Opistbrachnquis (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Eleganz-Neonsternschnecke,Polycera elegans,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

Polycera elegans,Eleganz-Neonsternschnecke,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023

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Polycera elegans,Eleganz-Neonsternschnecke,Night dive,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2022

Polycera elegans,Eleganz-Neonsternschnecke,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

Polycera elegans,Eleganz-Neonsternschnecke,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021

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