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Okenia amoenula Fiery Nudibranch

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

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lexID:
9781 
AphiaID:
599481 
Scientific:
Okenia amoenula 
German:
Feurige Okenia 
English:
Fiery Nudibranch 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Okenia (Genus) > amoenula (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bergh, ), 1907 
Occurrence:
Angola, East-Atlantic Ocean, South-Africa, West Africa, Western Indian 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:
1 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
57.2 °F - 62.6 °F (14°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, 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:
2025-01-18 16:25:53 

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Okenia amoenula (Bergh, 1907)

Okenia amoenula is endemic to the South African coast.This species can be found to at least 30 m depht.

The body is smooth and pale creme coloured with with orange and yellow-orange tipped fingerlike projections which resemble flames. Okenia amoenula is commonly known as "fiery nudibranch".

The fiery nudibranch feeds on bryozoans.

Synonymised names
Idaliella amoenula Bergh, 1907 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Okenia amoenula, caravan inner Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Okenia amoenula,stone dog gordons bay 2024 (CC-BY-SA)

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Okenia amoenula, caravan inner Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2021 (CC-BY-SA)

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