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Costasiella ocellifera Eyespot Costasiella, Sapsucking Slug, Shaun the Sheep, Leaf Sheep.

Costasiella ocellifera is commonly referred to as Eyespot Costasiella, Sapsucking Slug, Shaun the Sheep, Leaf Sheep.. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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rowells 22 P1012009b sm,Shaun the Sheep or Leaf Sheep Sea Slug, Costasiella ocellifera on Avrainvillea nigricans Alga 2022


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lexID:
15391 
AphiaID:
420581 
Scientific:
Costasiella ocellifera 
German:
Augenfleck Costasiella, Saftsauger-Schnecke, Schaun das Schaf, Blatt-Schäfchen 
English:
Eyespot Costasiella, Sapsucking Slug, Shaun The Sheep, Leaf Sheep. 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Costasiellidae (Family) > Costasiella (Genus) > ocellifera (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Simroth, ), 1895 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA 
Sea depth:
2 - 10 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,3cm) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Food specialist 
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:
2022-11-27 13:15:17 

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Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)

The name 'ocellifera' comes from the Latin word for eye, ''ocellus'' and the Latin word "ifer" which means "to carry" and is in reference to the blue eyespot found on the top of Costasiella ocellifera’s head.

Inhabits and feeds only on the Fan alga Avrainvillea nigricans.

Synonymised names:
Costasiella lilianae (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969) · unaccepted
Doto ocellifera Simroth, 1895 · unaccepted (original combination)
Stiliger lilianae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2022.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2022.

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Spawn

rowells 22 P1012045a sm,Costasiella ocellifera eggs 2022

Commonly

rowells 22 P1012019a sm,Shaun the Sheep or Leaf Sheep Sea Slug, Costasiella ocellifera on Avrainvillea nigricans Alga 2022
rowells 22 P1012009b sm,Shaun the Sheep or Leaf Sheep Sea Slug, Costasiella ocellifera on Avrainvillea nigricans Alga 2022
rowells 22 P1012017a sm,Shaun the Sheep or Leaf Sheep, Sea Slug, Costasiella ocellifera on Avrainvillea nigricans Alga 2022
rowells 22 P3273273a sm,Costasiella ocellifera eggs 2022

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