Scyllaea fulva Frilled Grassdragon

Scyllaea fulva is commonly referred to as Frilled Grassdragon. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18156 

AphiaID:

606494 

Scientific:

Scyllaea fulva 

German:

Rüschen Grasdrache 

English:

Frilled Grassdragon 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Scyllaeidae (Family) > Scyllaea (Genus) > fulva (Species) 

Initial determination:

Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 

Occurrence:

Mozambique, New Guinea, South-Africa, Tansania 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2,5cm - 4,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Hydrozoa polyps, 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:

• 
  Scyllaea fulva
  Rüschen Grasdrache
• 
  Scyllaea pelagica
  Pegalische Scyllaea, Sargassum Nacktschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-14 13:42:42 

Last edit:

2026-02-14 13:55:12 

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