Phyllidia elegans Elegegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans, Indonesien 2015,Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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lexID:: 5500
AphiaID:: 536617

Scientific:: Phyllidia elegans
German:: Elegante Phyllidia
English:: Elegegant Phyllidia

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidia (Genus) > elegans (Species)
Initial determination:: Bergh, 1869

Occurrence:: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, Thailand, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 5 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 3.15" (8 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C)
Food:: Food specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Phyllidia carlsonhoffi
Calsonhoffs Phyllidia
Phyllidia coelestis
Himmelblaue Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia elegans
Elegante Phyllidia
Phyllidia exquisita
Exquisite Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia flava
Weißgefleckte Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia goslineri
Phyllidia guamensis
Guam Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia haegeli
Phyllidia koehleri
Köhlers Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia larryi
Phyllidia madangensis
Madang Phyllidia
Phyllidia marindica
Meerblaue Phyllidia
Phyllidia multituberculata
Phyllidia ocellata
Augenfleck-Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia orstomi
Phyllidia picta
Blaue Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia polkadotsa
Gelb-Schwarze Phyllidia, Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia rueppelii
Rüppells Warzenschnecke
Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
Scott Johnsons Phyllidia
Phyllidia tula
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Phyllidia varicosa
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Phyllidia willani
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More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-21 20:30:41
Last edit:: 2017-04-29 19:27:39

Info

Phyllidia elegans, Brunckhorst, 1993

Phyllidia elegans is characterized by the pale granular background colour and black swirls on the mantle, and by yellowish-orange spots.

Phyllidia elegans is known from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Synonyms:
Phyllidia multifaria Yonow, 1986
Phyllidia schupporum Fahrner & Schrodl, 2000

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Phyllidioidea (Superfamily) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidia (Genus) > Phyllidia elegans (Species)

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External links

Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 04.09.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 04.09.2021.

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Phyllidia elegans, Indonesien 2015,Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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