Phyllidiopsis blanca white phyllidid

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Phyllidiopsis blanca, 2005

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lexID:: 8096
AphiaID:: 536578

Scientific:: Phyllidiopsis blanca
German:: Weiße Warzenschnecke
English:: White Phyllidid

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidiopsis (Genus) > blanca (Species)
Initial determination:: Gosliner & Behrens, 1988

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), USA
Size:: up to 0.98" (2.5 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: 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:

Phyllidiopsis annae
Anne's Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis anomala
Phyllidiopsis bayi
Phyllidiopsis berghi
Phyllidiopsis blanca
Weiße Warzenschnecke
Phyllidiopsis boucheti
Phyllidiopsis brunckhorsti
Phyllidiopsis burni
Warzenschnecke
Phyllidiopsis cardinalis
Kardinal Warzenschnecke
Phyllidiopsis circularis
Phyllidiopsis crucifera
Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi
Warzenschnecke
Phyllidiopsis fissurata
Warzenschnecke
Phyllidiopsis futunai
Phyllidiopsis gemmata
Gemmas Warzenschnecke
Phyllidiopsis holothuriana
Phyllidiopsis krempfi
Krempfs Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis loricata
Warzenschnecke
Phyllidiopsis lozoueti
Phyllidiopsis macrotuberculata
Phyllidiopsis monacha
Phyllidiopsis neocaledonica
Phyllidiopsis phiphiensis
Phi Phi Islands Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis pipeki
Phyllidiopsis quadrilineata
Phyllidiopsis richeri
Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Shireens Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis sinaiensis
Rotes Meer Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis sphingis
Blaue Sphinx
Phyllidiopsis vanuatuensis
Phyllidiopsis xishaensis
Gestreifte Warzenschnecke

More related species in this lexicon:

Phyllidiopsis striata
Gestreife Phyllidiopsis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-03-05 20:26:46
Last edit:: 2015-03-05 20:26:46

Info

Phyllidiopsis blanca Gosliner & Behrens, 1988
AphiaID: 536578

Species genus Phyllidiopsis are sponge feeders.

Phyllidiopsis blanca feeds probably a grey-blue sponge, similar to Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta.

This species has no radula.It feeds on sponges by spitting digestive juices onto the sponge and slurping up the slurry.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Phyllidioidea (Superfamily) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidiopsis (Genus) > Phyllidiopsis blanca (Species)

External links

Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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