Polycera elegans

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lexID:: 9850
AphiaID:: 140833

Scientific:: Polycera elegans
German:: Hörnchenschnecke
English:: Polycera Elegans

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Polycera (Genus) > elegans (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bergh, ), 1894

Occurrence:: Azorerne, Europæiske kyster, Nordlige Atlanterhav
Size:: bis zu 5cm
Temperature:: °C - 23°C
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), Foder specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Polycera abei
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera alabe
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera anae
Polycera atra
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera aurantiomarginata
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera aurisula
Polycera capensis
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera chilluna
Polycera elegans
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera faeroensis
Färöische Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera fujitai
Polycera hedgpethi
Hedgepeth's Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera herthae
Polycera hummi
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera janjukia
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera japonica
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera kaiserae
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera maculata
Polycera maddoxi
Polycera manzanilloensis
Polycera marplatensis
Polycera melanosticta
Schwarz gesprenkelte Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera odhneri
Polycera parvula
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera picta
Polycera priva
Polycera quadrilineata
gestreifte Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera risbeci
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera rycia
Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera tricolor
Dreifarbige Hörnchenschnecke
Polycera xicoi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-07-13 15:07:28
Last edit:: 2017-10-22 20:57:55

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Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)

Ranges in background colour from yellow to bright orange with distinctive raised bright blue spots scattered over the dorsum and sides of the body. Sometimes there are small red specks in the blue spots.
Feed only on the bryozoan Bugula turbinata !

Synonymised names:
Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894 · accepted, alternate representation
Palio espagnoli Tejedo, 1994
Polycera atlantica Pruvot-Fol, 1956
Polycera messinensis Odhner, 1941

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