Pedicularia pacifica Pacific Pedicularia

Pedicularia pacifica is commonly referred to as Pacific Pedicularia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

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AphiaID:: 437176

Scientific:: Pedicularia pacifica
German:: Pazifische Pedicularia
English:: Pacific Pedicularia

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Pedicularia (Genus) > pacifica (Species)
Initial determination:: Pease, 1865

Occurrence:: Marschall Islands, New Zealand
Sea depth:: - 30 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,2cm - 0,8cm)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Parasitic
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:

Pedicularia californica
Kalifornische Pedicularia
Pedicularia dautzenbergi
Pedicularia decurvata
Pedicularia decussata
Pedicularia elegantissima
Pedicularia granulata
Pedicularia japonica
Pedicularia morrisoni
Pedicularia pacifica
Pazifische Pedicularia
Pedicularia sicula
Pedicularia splendida
Pedicularia stylasteris
Pedicularia subtilis
Pedicularia vanderlandi
Pedicularia

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-04-05 13:20:29
Last edit:: 2021-04-05 13:31:35

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Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865

Pedicularia is a genus of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, cowry-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.These snails live on and feed on certain corals.

Pedicularia pacifica live and feed on Californian Hydrocoral (Stylaster sp.).

Synonymised names:
Pedicularia maoria Powell, 1937
Pediculariona stylasteris (Hedley, 1903)

External links

gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.

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