Glaucus atlanticus Man-Of-War Nudibranch, Blue Glaucus , Sea Swallow, Atlantic Glaucus

Glaucus atlanticus is commonly referred to as Man-Of-War Nudibranch, Blue Glaucus , Sea Swallow, Atlantic Glaucus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

4723 

AphiaID:

140022 

Scientific:

Glaucus atlanticus 

German:

Blaue Ozeanschnecke, Seeschwalbe, Blauer Drachen 

English:

Man-Of-War Nudibranch, Blue Glaucus , Sea Swallow, Atlantic Glaucus 

Category:

Nudibranchs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Glaucidae (Family) > Glaucus (Genus) > atlanticus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Forster, 1777 

Occurrence:

Russland, Barbados, Aruba, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, Circumglobal, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Cuba, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Jamaica, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Panama, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Sargasso Sea, South Atlantic, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Spain, Tahiti, Tansania, Tasman Sea, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Uruguay, USA, Victoria (Australia), Vietnam 

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:

0 - 37 Meter 

Size:

1.18" - 1.57" (3cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 78.8 °F (16°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Hydrozoa polyps, Jellyfish, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Glaucus atlanticus
  Blaue Ozeanschnecke, Seeschwalbe, Blauer Drachen
• Glaucus bennettae
• Glaucus marginatus
• Glaucus mcfarlanei
• Glaucus thompsoni

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-10-12 20:24:58 

Last edit:

2024-09-01 12:01:59 

Toxicity

Glaucus atlanticus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Glaucus atlanticus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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