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Tritoniopsis frydis Tufted Tritoniopsis

Tritoniopsis frydis is commonly referred to as Tufted Tritoniopsis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Tritoniopsis frydis,9HGJ+372, West Bay, Cayman Islands 2023 (CC BY)


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lexID:
18120 
AphiaID:
533531 
Scientific:
Tritoniopsis frydis 
German:
Tritoniopsis 
English:
Tufted Tritoniopsis 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Tritoniopsis (Genus) > frydis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 
Occurrence:
Columbia, Florida, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA 
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:
2 - 18 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 1.57" (1,5cm - 4,0cm) 
Temperature:
26,3 °F - 28,1 °F (26,3°C - 28,1°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous 
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
:
  • Tritoniopsis alba
  • Tritoniopsis antholyza
  • Tritoniopsis bicolor
  • Tritoniopsis brucei
  • Tritoniopsis burchellii
  • Tritoniopsis caledonensis
  • Tritoniopsis cincta
  • Tritoniopsis dodii
  • Tritoniopsis elongata
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-02-04 14:00:33 

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Tritoniopsis frydis Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970

Tritoniopsis frydis is a species of dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.

Similar to Tritoniopsis elegans (Audouin, 1826).

External links

  1. epository.naturalis.nl (en). Abgerufen am 04.02.2026.
  2. seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 04.02.2026.

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