Epimenia babai Baba's Epimenia

Epimenia babai is commonly referred to as Baba's Epimenia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17928 

AphiaID:

393736 

Scientific:

Epimenia babai 

German:

Babas Epimenia 

English:

Baba's Epimenia 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Solenogastres (Class) > Cavibelonia (Order) > Epimeniidae (Family) > Epimenia (Genus) > babai (Species) 

Initial determination:

Salvini-Plawen, 1997 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan 

Sea depth:

40 - 92 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

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:

• Epimenia allohaemata
• Epimenia arabica
• Epimenia australis
• 
  Epimenia babai
  Babas Epimenia
• Epimenia indica
• Epimenia ohshimai

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-11-29 14:56:22 

Last edit:

2025-11-29 17:23:57 

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