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Onchidella nigricans Leathery Sea Slug, Limpet-like sea-slug

Onchidella nigricans is commonly referred to as Leathery Sea Slug, Limpet-like sea-slug . Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Simon Grove, Australia

Limpet-like sea-slug Onchidella patelloides, Taroona, Tasmania, June 2015 - CC BY Simon Grove


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lexID:
13277 
AphiaID:
509940 
Scientific:
Onchidella nigricans 
German:
Schwarze Onchidella, Napfschneckenartige Onchidella 
English:
Leathery Sea Slug, Limpet-like Sea-slug  
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Systellommatophora (Order) > Onchidiidae (Family) > Onchidella (Genus) > nigricans (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1832 
Occurrence:
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia), USA 
Marine Zone:
Supralitoral 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2,3cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-10-04 10:15:06 

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Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Onchidella nigricans is a leathery air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae. Feeds on detritus and is a algae grazer.

The colouration of this shell-less, slug-like animal is variable, usually black or grey but can be red, orange or dirty yellow in colour. The dorsal surface can be smooth or granulated. Have a pair of tentacles with eyes at their tips.

Known to secrete a substance that other animals dislike reducing the number of potential predators.

Synonymised names
Onchidella (Onchidella) nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) · alternative representation
Onchidella irrorata (A. Gould, 1852) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Onchidella obscura Plate, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Onchidella patelloida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Onchidella reticulata (C. Semper, 1880) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Onchidium nigricans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted
Onchidium patelloide Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted
Onchidium reticulatum C. Semper, 1880 · unaccepted
Oncidiella obscura Plate, 1893 · unaccepted
Peronia irrorata Gould, 1852 · unaccepted

External links

  1. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 27.09.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 11.10.2024.

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Limpet-like sea-slug Onchidella patelloides, Taroona, Tasmania, June 2015 - CC BY Simon Grove
Limpet-like sea-slug Onchidella patelloides, Taroona, Tasmania, June 2015 - CC BY Simon Grove
Onchidella nigricans, Auckland, New Zealand 2023
Onchidella nigricans, Auckland, New Zealand 2023
Onchidella nigricans,Underneath mid tide rocks, North Shore, Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Onchidella nigricans, Pukenui 0484, New Zealand 2021
Onchidella nigricans, Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Onchidella nigricans, in mud between rocks at high tide, Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Onchidella nigricans, With a leaf hanging on to it. Crawling on mid tidal mudoyster reef at Weymouth, Manukau Harbour.,2020
Onchidella nigracans,In sea cave at Maori Bay, Muriwai,2020

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