Okenia echinata spiky nudibranch

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lexID:: 8232
AphiaID:: 599483

Scientific:: Okenia echinata
German:: Nacktschnecke
English:: Spiky Nudibranch

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Okenia (Genus) > echinata (Species)
Initial determination:: Baba, 1949

Occurrence:: Arabian Sea, Australia, Corea, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: 0.2" - 0.39" (0.5cm - 1cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), Food specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Okenia academica
Okenia africana
Okenia ameliae
Okenia amoenula
Feurige Okenia
Okenia angelensis
Okenia angelica
Angelic Okenia
Okenia aspersa
Flecken Okenia, Seescheiden OKenia
Okenia atkinsonorum
Okenia barnardi
Okenia brunneomaculata
Okenia cochimi
Okenia cupella
Okenia digitata
Okenia distincta
Okenia echinata
Nacktschnecke
Okenia elegans
Elegante Okenia
Okenia eolida
Okenia evelinae
Okenia felis
Okenia ghanensis
Okenia hallucigenia
Okenia harastii
Okenia hiroi
Okenia hispanica
Okenia hypogaea
Okenia impexa
Okenia japonica
Okenia kendi
Okenia kondoi
Okenia lambat
Okenia leachii
Okenia liklik
Okenia luna
Mond Okenia
Okenia mediterranea
Mittelmeer Okenia
Okenia mellita
Okenia mexicorum
Okenia mica
Okenia mija
Okenia miramarae
Okenia nakamotoensis
Okenia opuntia
Okenia pellucida
Okenia pilosa
Okenia purpurata
Okenia purpureolineata
Okenia rhinorma
Riesen-Rhinophoren Okenia
Okenia rosacea
Okenia sapelona
Okenia stellata
Okenia vancouverensis
Okenia vena
Okenia virginiae
Okenia zoobotryon

More related species in this lexicon:

Okenia nodosa
Knorrige Okenia, Montagus Nacktschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-04-07 17:38:53
Last edit:: 2015-04-07 17:38:53

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Okenia echinata Baba, 1949

Okenia echinata is very variable in colour. This animals can be uniformly brown scattered with white spots,pale brown, bright red,dark brown and with bright red papillae.

Similar are Okenia opuntia and Okenia babai.

Animals genus Okenia feeds exclusively on Bryozoans.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Onchidoridoidea (Superfamily) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Okenia (Genus) > Okenia echinata (Species)

Okenia echinata spiky nudibranch

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