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Miamira flavicostata Yellow-Ridge Nudibranch

Miamira flavicostata is commonly referred to as Yellow-Ridge Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Miamira flavicostata, Australia 2015


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lexID:
15959 
AphiaID:
571919 
Scientific:
Miamira flavicostata 
German:
Gelbkamm-Miamira 
English:
Yellow-Ridge Nudibranch 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Miamira (Genus) > flavicostata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Baba, 1940 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Northwest Pacific, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 3.15" (8 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-09-23 15:42:23 

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Miamira flavicostata Baba, 1940

Miamira flavicostata is a colorful sea slug in the family Chromodorididae. It was scientifically described in Japan, but is also found in Indonesia and eastern Australia.

The coloring of this slug is flamboyant, mainly with a purple background, orange bars on the back and yellow spots on the foot. As a food specialist, it feeds on sponges. It is not documented exactly which sponges are on their menu.

Synonymised names:
Ceratosoma flavicostatum (Baba, 1940) · unaccepted

External links

  1. medslugs (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 23.09.2023.
  2. seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2023.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2023.

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