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Hiatodoris fellowsi Fellow's Nudibranch,Snowball Sea Slug

Hiatodoris fellowsi is commonly referred to as Fellow's Nudibranch,Snowball Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
13842 
AphiaID:
579043 
Scientific:
Hiatodoris fellowsi 
German:
Fellows Prachtsternschnecke, Schneeball-Prachtsternschnecke 
English:
Fellow's Nudibranch,Snowball Sea Slug 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Hiatodoris (Genus) > fellowsi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kay & Young, ), 1969 
Occurrence:
Central Pazific, Hawaii, Japan, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
3 - 24 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
5,1 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, 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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-03 17:57:24 

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Hiatodoris fellowsi (Kay & Young, 1969)

This is a firm, snow white dorid with black rhinophores and gills. Its firm texture and lack of a pale gold marginal line distinguish it from Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni.

It feeds on a cream sponge.

Synonymised names:
Peltodoris fellowsi Kay & Young, 1969 (original combination)

External links

  1. seaslugsofhawaii.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2021.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2025.

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