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Cyerce kikutarobabai Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug, Sap-sucking Sea Slug

Cyerce kikutarobabai is commonly referred to as Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug, Sap-sucking Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug,Cyerce kikutarobabai,Bali 2023


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lexID:
7726 
AphiaID:
494514 
Scientific:
Cyerce kikutarobabai 
German:
Kikutaros Schmetterlingsschnecke, Saftsauger 
English:
Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug, Sap-sucking Sea Slug 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Cyerce (Genus) > kikutarobabai (Species) 
Initial determination:
Hamatani, 1976 
Occurrence:
Bali, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), 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:
1 - 22 Meter 
Size:
0.31" - 0.39" (0.8cm - 1,5cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Food specialist 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-12-29 20:54:07 

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Cyerce kikutarobabai Hamatani, 1976

Cyerce kikutarobabai is a small sized slug.The body is translucent white with a distinctive purple colouring on the head.Rhinophores and oral tentacles and cerata are purple coloured. The head and tentacles have a pattern of white spots. Cerata have large translucent white spots with a central opaque white or yellow spot. The body has a distinctive green tinge from the algal food.

Cyerce kikutarobabai was named to honor Dr. Kikutaro Baba of Japan as a mentor of David W. Behrens.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchacea (Suborder) > Limapontioidea (Superfamily) > Caliphyllidae (Family) > Cyerce (Genus) > Cyerce kikutarobabai (Species)

External links

  1. A NEW SPECIES OF CYERCE BERGH, 1871, C. KIKUTAROBABAI, FROM YORON ISLAND (OPISTHOBRANCHIA : SACOGLOSSA) (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2022.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Juvenile Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug,Cyerce kikutarobabai, Bali 2023

Commonly

Cyerce kikutarobabai,size 0.8cm-1cm,Tulamben Bali 2019
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Cyerce kikutarobabai, at Seraya (Bali), 2018
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Cyerce kikutarobabai,Bali Sea, Bali, ID 2025
Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug,Cyerce kikutarobabai,Bali 2023
Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug,Cyerce kikutarobabai,Bali 2023
Kikutaro’s Butterfly Slug,Cyerce kikutarobabai,Bali 2023
Cyerce kikutarobaiba
Cyerce kikutarobaiba

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