Alderia modesta Sapsucking Sea Slug, Modest Alderia

Alderia modesta is commonly referred to as Sapsucking Sea Slug, Modest Alderia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

14866 

AphiaID:

141555 

Scientific:

Alderia modesta 

German:

Saftsaugerschnecke, Salzwiesen-Nacktschnecke 

English:

Sapsucking Sea Slug, Modest Alderia 

Category:

Sacoglossa 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Limapontiidae (Family) > Alderia (Genus) > modesta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lovén, ), 1844 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Baltic Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Barents Sea, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, European Coasts, Finland, France, Germany, Gulf of Maine, Ireland, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), North-West-Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Norway, Nova Scotia, Pacific Ocean, Poland, Sweden, the British Isles, USA, Yellow Sea 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

2 - 5 Meter 

Habitats:

Brackish water, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Salt marshes 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,1cm - 0,8cm) 

Temperature:

0,5 °F - 64.4 °F (0,5°C - 18°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• 
  Alderia modesta
  Saftsaugerschnecke, Salzwiesen-Nacktschnecke
• Alderia uda
• Alderia willowi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-06-04 17:08:40 

Last edit:

2024-01-10 14:05:59 

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