Limacia clavigera Orange-clubbed sea slug

Limacia clavigera is commonly referred to as Orange-clubbed sea slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5925 

AphiaID:

140830 

Scientific:

Limacia clavigera 

German:

Keulen-Neonsternschnecke 

English:

Orange-clubbed Sea Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Limacia (Genus) > clavigera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(O. F. Müller, ), 1776 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Germany, Iceland, Lofoten Islands, Norway, Portugal, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

1 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Kelp forests, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

3,5 °F - 17,5 °F (3,5°C - 17,5°C) 

Food:

Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Limacia annulata
• Limacia blumei
• 
  Limacia clavigera
  Keulen-Neonsternschnecke
• 
  Limacia cockerelli
  Cockerells Limacia
• Limacia iberica
• Limacia janssi
• 
  Limacia lucida
  Orange Keulen Riff-Limacia
• Limacia oblonga
• Limacia ornata
• Limacia scandens

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Limacia inesae
  Ines Limacia
• 
  Limacia jellyi
  Nacktschnecke
• 
  Limacia mcdonaldi
  McDonalds Limacia

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-23 20:02:41 

Last edit:

2024-12-03 19:23:14 

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