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Vayssierea felis Cat Nudibranch

Vayssierea felis is commonly referred to as Cat Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Vayssierea felis. The dorids measured up to 2.4 mm long crawling, and as indicated by the red oocytes visible through the body wall.2017


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lexID:
13477 
AphiaID:
597200 
Scientific:
Vayssierea felis 
German:
Katzen Vayssierea 
English:
Cat Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Doridida (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Vayssierea (Genus) > felis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Collingwood, ), 1881 
Occurrence:
California, Gulf of California, Indo Pacific, Invasive Species, Marschall Islands, the Canary Islands, USA, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools, Under rocks 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,1cm - 0,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Worms 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-12-08 19:31:09 

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Vayssierea felis (Collingwood, 1881)

Vayssierea can be found amongst Spirorbis on which it feeds. Egg masses consist of a group of 3-5 eggs, which develop directly hatching as small crawling juveniles.

Synonymised names:
Trevelyana felis Collingwood, 1881 (original combination)

External links

  1. seaslugforum.net (en). Abgerufen am 28.12.2020.
  2. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 15.01.2021.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 28.12.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Newly hatched Vayssierea felis, internal Organs 2018
Newly hatched Vayssierea felis 2018

Spawn

Egg mass, Vayssierea felis.Consisting of 5 capsules, each measuring about 260 microns in diameter and containing a single embryo at the 2 cell stage. Image taken through a dissecting microscope.2018

Commonly

Vayssierea felis,San Diego County, California 2023
Vayssierea felis,San Diego, California,2018
Vayssierea felis (non-native orange nudibranch) on native Salmacina tribranchiata (Fragile Tube Worm) San Diego, California,2018
Vayssierea felis (Bird Rock, San Diego).2017
Vayssierea felis. (Bird Rock, San Diego).2017
Vayssierea felis. The dorids measured up to 2.4 mm long crawling, and as indicated by the red oocytes visible through the body wall.2017

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