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Pleurehdera stellata Star Berthella, Side-gilled Slug

Berthella stellata wird umgangssprachlich als Flankenkiemer bezeichnet.


Profilbild Urheber Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion

Berthella stellata, 2020


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lexID:
6863 
AphiaID:
140814 
Scientific:
Pleurehdera stellata 
German:
Sternen-Berthella, Flankenkiemer 
English:
Star Berthella, Side-gilled Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Pleurobranchida (Order) > Pleurobranchidae (Family) > Pleurehdera (Genus) > stellata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Risso, ), 1826 
Occurrence:
East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Greece, Madeira, South-Africa, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.59" - 1.18" (1.5cm - 3cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Sponges 
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
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-02-24 19:35:01 

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Pleurehdera stellata (Risso, 1826)

Pleurehdera stellata grows to about 2,0 cm in length. The body colour is usually translucent white (or honey brown) with a network of white lines and small white pustules.

Pleurehdera stellata is an eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean species.

This species feed on sponges.

Synonymised names
Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurobranchus (Bouvieria) stellatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted
Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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