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Thordisa bimaculata Two-spot Thordis, Two-spotted Dorid


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Thordisa bimaculata,Naples, Santa Barbara County, California USA 2015 (CC by-sa 3.0)


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lexID:
10021 
AphiaID:
581824 
Scientific:
Thordisa bimaculata 
German:
Zweipunkt Thordisa 
English:
Two-spot Thordis, Two-spotted Dorid  
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Thordisa (Genus) > bimaculata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Lance, 1966 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 
Sea depth:
33 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3cm) 
Temperature:
59 °F - 68 °F (15°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Sponges 
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:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-10-16 19:56:38 

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Thordisa bimaculataLance, 1966

The body colour varies from translucent white or yellowish to bright orange. On the body are a large concentration of dark brownish black spots, one just in front of the gills and one just behind the rhinophores.On the mantle are long tapering papillae.

This species can be found intertidally along rocky shores (max. depth 33m). It feeds exclusively on sponges.

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Video Flickr Robin Gwen Agarwal (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.

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