Tritonia sp.02 Nudibranch

Tritonia sp., Anilao 2013,Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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Scientific:: Tritonia sp.02
German:: Bäumchenschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Tritonia (Genus) > sp.02 (Species)

Occurrence:: Philippines
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, No reliable information available
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:

Tritonia atrorubens
Tritonia australis
Tritonia bakeri
Tritonia bayeri
Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia bollandi
Bollands-Tritonia, Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia cedarmontana
Tritonia challengeriana
Bäumchenschnecke, Blasse Tritonia
Tritonia chrysantha
Tritonia cooperi
Tritonia coralliumrubri
Tritonia crocata
Tritonia dantarti
Tritonia delpierrei
Tritonia deusta
Tritonia disticha
Tritonia drakensbergensis
Tritonia dubia
Tritonia episcopalis
Tritonia festiva
Diamant-Rücken Tritonia, Festliche Tritonia
Tritonia flabellifolia
Tritonia flemingi
Tritonia florentiae
Tritonia gladiolaris
Tritonia griegi
Griegs-Tritonia, Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia hamnerorum
Tritonia hombergii
Hombergs Tritonia, Große Tritonia
Tritonia incerta
Tritonia indecora
Tritonia ingolfiana
Tritonia kamisbergensis
Tritonia karooica
Tritonia khaleesi
Tritonia lancea
Tritonia laxifolia
Tritonia linearifolia
Tritonia lineata
Tritonia manicata
Tritonia marlothii
Tritonia moggii
Tritonia myrakeenae
Tritonia nelsonii
Tritonia newfoundlandica
Tritonia nigromaculata
Tritonia nilsodhneri
Tritonia odhneri
Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia olivacea
Tritonia pallida
Tritonia parvula
Tritonia pickensi
Tritonia plebeia
Tritonia poirieri
Tritonia securigera
Tritonia squalida
Tritonia striata
Tritonia taliartensis
Tritonia tugwelliae
Tritonia undulata
Tritonia vorax
Tritonia wellsi

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-05-11 19:51:21
Last edit:: 2015-05-11 19:51:21

Info

Tritonia

This is an undescribed species of the genus Tritonia. The photo was taken from Anilao.

Tritonia sea slugs feeding on various coral polyps.The Tritonia sea slugs are very well-camouflaged animals to their pray, mainly soft coral polyps,on gorgonians and sea pens.

Unfortunately there is no more information available and we would be grateful for any supplementary references.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Dendronotida (Infraorder) > Tritonioidea (Superfamily) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Tritonia (Genus)

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Tritonia sp., Anilao 2013,Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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