Placida verticilata sap-sucking slug

Placida verticilata is commonly referred to as sap-sucking slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10501 

AphiaID:

141568 

Scientific:

Placida verticilata 

German:

Wirbel Saftsauger 

English:

Sap-sucking Slug 

Category:

Sacoglossa 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Limapontiidae (Family) > Placida (Genus) > verticilata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ortea, 1982 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, the North Sea, Azores, Costa Rica, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

- 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,1 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

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:

• Placida babai
• Placida brevirhina
• 
  Placida cremoniana
  Saftsauger
• Placida dakariensis
• 
  Placida dendritica
  Baum-Saftsauger
• Placida fralila
• Placida kingstoni
• 
  Placida tardyi
  Saftsauger
• 
  Placida verticilata
  Wirbel Saftsauger
• Placida viridis

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Placida capensis
  Kap Saftsauger
• 
  Placida kevinleei
  Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-04 17:05:04 

Last edit:

2024-04-09 20:02:47 

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