Doriopsilla gemela Yellow-Gilled Sea Goddess

Doriopsilla gemela is commonly referred to as Yellow-Gilled Sea Goddess. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jeff Goddard, USA

Doriopsilla gemela (Pt Dume).On brown alga Zonaria farlowii. About 16 mm long.2017

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lexID:: 8740
AphiaID:: 457533

Scientific:: Doriopsilla gemela
German:: Nacktschnecke
English:: Yellow-Gilled Sea Goddess

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dendrodorididae (Family) > Doriopsilla (Genus) > gemela (Species)
Initial determination:: Gosliner, Schaefer & Millen, 1999

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), Pacific Ocean, USA
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 59 °F - 69.8 °F (15°C - 21°C)
Food:: Food specialist, No reliable information available, 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:

Doriopsilla albopunctata
Weißgepunktete Doris
Doriopsilla areolata
Nacktschnecke
Doriopsilla aurea
Doriopsilla bertschi
Doriopsilla capensis
Weiß-Gepunktete Doriopsilla, Kap Doriopsilla
Doriopsilla carneola
Nacktschnecke
Doriopsilla davebehrensi
Nacktschnecke
Doriopsilla debruini
Doriopsilla elitae
Doriopsilla espinosai
Doriopsilla fulva
Gesalzene Doris, Weiß Gesprenkelte Doriopsilla
Doriopsilla gemela
Nacktschnecke
Doriopsilla janaina
Nacktschnecke
Doriopsilla miniata
Bekritzelte Doriopsilla
Doriopsilla nigrocera
Doriopsilla nigrolineata
Doriopsilla pallida
Doriopsilla peculiaris
Nacktschnecke
Doriopsilla pelseneeri
Pelseneers Doriopsilla
Doriopsilla rowena
Nacktschnecke
Doriopsilla spaldingi
Spaldings Doris
Doriopsilla tishae

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-09-11 18:09:45
Last edit:: 2024-01-31 10:50:08

Info

Doriopsilla gemela Gosliner, Schaefer & Millen, 1999

Doriopsilla gemela is similar in colour to Doriopsilla albopunctata with small opaque white spots, but the mantle of Doriopsilla gemela is much smoother , but has some small tubercles.Rhinophores are yellow to yellow-orange with 7-10 lamellae.The gills are bright orange or yellow in colour and bi- to tripinnate (Doriopsilla albopunctata has white or pale yellow gills).

Baptodoris mimetica is also very similar in colour.All three sea slugs are very similar.

Sea slugs genus Doripsilla feeds on sponges.

External links

Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Triplet twins (Doriopsilla gemela) Bird Rock 2018

Doriopsilla gemela,Santa Barbara County, California 2018

Doriopsilla gemela,Naples Point, California 2014

Doriopsilla gemela,San Diego County, California 2021

Doriopsilla gemela (Pt Dume).On brown alga Zonaria farlowii. About 16 mm long.2017

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