Berthella africana African Berthella, Sidegill Slug

Berthella africana is commonly referred to as African Berthella, Sidegill Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

15255 

AphiaID:

181220 

Scientific:

Berthella africana 

German:

Afrikanische Berthella, Flankenkiemer 

English:

African Berthella, Sidegill Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Berthella (Genus) > africana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pruvot-Fol, ), 1953 

Occurrence:

Egypt, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, the Canary Islands 

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:

- 14 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2,5cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Food specialist, No reliable information available, Sponges 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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Catalog of Life:

• 
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  Afrikanische Berthella, Flankenkiemer
• 
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• 
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• 
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• Berthella elongata
• Berthella grovesi
• Berthella lowei
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• 
  Berthella medietas
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• 
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• 
  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
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-10-11 19:18:23 

Last edit:

2022-10-11 19:18:23 

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