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Cyerce antillensis Antilles Glass-slug

Cyerce antillensis is commonly referred to as Antilles Glass-slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
9502 
AphiaID:
420577 
Scientific:
Cyerce antillensis 
German:
Anillen Glas-Saftsauger 
English:
Antilles Glass-slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Cyerce (Genus) > antillensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Engel, 1927 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Azores, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, India, Jamaica, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
1 - 5 Meter 
Size:
up to 2.36" (6 cm) 
Temperature:
60.8 °F - 28,2 °F (16°C - 28,2°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Food specialist 
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:
2024-01-09 14:38:40 

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Cyerce antillensis Engel, 1927

Cyerce antillensis is usually greenish or yellow in colour. On the body there are often white pigmentation.On the head can be a brownish pattern.Cerata are usually transparent with some scattered white spots.

Cyerce antillensis feeds on the chloroplasts from Cladophora prolifera (photosynthesis).

Synonymised names
Cyerce habanensis Ortea & Templado, 1989 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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