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Babakina indopacifica Nudibranch

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


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Babakina indopacifica,Unknown7, JP-SZ, JP 2024


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lexID:
7237 
AphiaID:
457532 
Scientific:
Babakina indopacifica 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Babakinidae (Family) > Babakina (Genus) > indopacifica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner, Gonzalez-Duarte & Cervera, 2007 
Occurrence:
Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines 
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 - 17 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Protected reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.28" - 0.71" (0.7cm - 1.8cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
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:
2025-06-13 12:57:10 

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Babakina indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzalez-Duarte & Cervera, 2007

Babakina indopacifica has a rose-colored body and bright red-orange rhinophores.Cerata are opaque white in colour and short.This elongate and slender nudibranch is nocturnal and lives in protected rocky habitats to 17 m depht.

Its first recorded from Indo-Pacific because of that its named B.indopacifica.

Babakina indopacifica feeds on hydroids that are found on brown algae and sea grasses.

External links

  1. nudibranchdomain.org (en). Abgerufen am 13.06.2025.
  2. Rfbolland.com (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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