Berthella medietas Side-gilled Slug

Berthella medietas is commonly referred to as Side-gilled Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Berthella medietas, 1cm, Wellington, New Zealand 2005, Creative Commons License, Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0.

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AphiaID:: 531608

Scientific:: Berthella medietas
German:: Flankenkiemer
English:: Side-gilled Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Berthella (Genus) > medietas (Species)
Initial determination:: Burn, 1962

Occurrence:: Australia, Bass Strait, New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia)
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.18" (1,4cm - 3,0cm)
Temperature:: 51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
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:

Berthella africana
Afrika Berthella, Flankenkiemer
Berthella agassizii
Agassizs Flankenkiemer
Berthella americana
Berthella aurantiaca
Orange Berthella
Berthella caledonica
Flankenkiemer
Berthella californica
Berthella elongata
Berthella grovesi
Berthella lowei
Berthella martensi
Berthella medietas
Flankenkiemer
Berthella ocellata
Gefleckte Berthella
Berthella ornata
Verzierte-Berthella, Flankenkiemer
Berthella patagonica
Berthella pellucida
Berthella platei
Berthella plumula
Kleine Feder Berthella, Flankenkiemer
Berthella punctata
Berthella schroedli
Berthella serenitas
Berthella sideralis
Berthella spatula
Berthella stellata
Berthella strongi
Berthella tamiu

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-01-30 19:39:57
Last edit:: 2022-01-30 19:43:29

Info

Berthella medietas Burn, 1962

The colour ranging from translucent white to a translucent yellowish brown. There can be scattered white spots and there is usually a dark black-brown central patch from the digestive gland showing through the body wall.

Feed on eed on the slime sponge Oscarella sp.

Similar to Berthella stellata.

External links

medslugs (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 30.01.2022.
New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 30.01.2022.
Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 30.01.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 30.01.2022.

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Berthella medietas,Under rock slab in low intertidal rock pool, Auckland, Australia 2021

Berthella medietas, 1cm, Wellington, New Zealand 2005, Creative Commons License, Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0.

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