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Hypselodoris reidi Nudibranch

Hypselodoris reidi is commonly referred to as Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Hypselodoris reidi, Philippinen, Insel Malanpascua


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lexID:
7624 
AphiaID:
457528 
Scientific:
Hypselodoris reidi 
German:
Prachtsternschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Hypselodoris (Genus) > reidi (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999 
Occurrence:
Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Philippines, Sulawesi, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.59" - 1.97" (1.5cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, 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:
2025-05-15 11:01:54 

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Hypselodoris reidi Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999

The mantle is cream or whitish with white, pale purple or brown spots.Gills and rhinophores are pale yellowish.

Similar is Hypselodoris krakatoa, which is more coloured (colours more intense) and have three dark longitudinal lines with "silvery" spots.

Hypselodoris reidi is a sponge eater, feeding on the sponge Dysidea sp.

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 15.05.2025.

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Hypselodoris reidi, Philippinen, Insel Malanpascua
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Hypselodoris reidi,Romblon, Philippines 2024
Hypselodoris reidi, Phillipines 2017
Nudibranch - Hypselodoris reidi,Three Hypselodoris reidi around 20mm in length, gathered on a clump of tunicates, Anilao 2019

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