Vayssierea caledonica New Caledonian Vayssierea

Vayssierea caledonica is commonly referred to as New Caledonian Vayssierea. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18589 

AphiaID:

533871 

Scientific:

Vayssierea caledonica 

German:

Neukaledonische Vayssierea 

English:

New Caledonian Vayssierea 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Vayssierea (Genus) > caledonica (Species) 

Initial determination:

Risbec, 1928 

Occurrence:

New Caledonia 

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:

0 - 3 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks, under stones 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,1cm - 2,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Worms 

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:

• 
  Vayssierea caledonica
  Neukaledonische Vayssierea
• 
  Vayssierea cinnabarea
  Zinnoberrote Vayssierea
• 
  Vayssierea felis
  Katzen Vayssierea

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-09-05 20:16:12 

Last edit:

2026-09-05 20:27:01 

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