Hancockia schoeferti Seaweed Flame Sea Slug

Hancockia schoeferti is commonly referred to as Seaweed Flame Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

Hancockia schoeferti Schrödl, 1999,Valdivia, Chile 2002

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lexID:: 13290
AphiaID:: 458331

Scientific:: Hancockia schoeferti
German:: Seetang Flammen-Schnecke
English:: Seaweed Flame Sea Slug

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Hancockiidae (Family) > Hancockia (Genus) > schoeferti (Species)
Initial determination:: Schrödl, 1999

Occurrence:: Chile, Peru, South-Pazific
Sea depth:: 0 - 8 Meter
Size:: 1,5 cm
Food:: 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:

Hancockia burni
Hancockia californica
Hancock's Nacktschnecke
Hancockia papillata
Hancockia ryrca
Hancockia schoeferti
Seetang Flammen-Schnecke
Hancockia uncinata
Krummtentakel Hancockia
Hancockia uniflora

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-10-02 17:28:16
Last edit:: 2020-10-02 17:39:44

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Hancockia schoeferti Schrödl, 1999

Hancockia schoeferti is an opportunistic species, in central and southern Chile occurring in locally high abundances on seasonally hydrozoan covered algae such as kelp.

Seaslugs genus Hancockia feed on hydroids.

External links

WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 02.10.2020.

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Hancockia schoeferti Schrödl, 1999,Valdivia, Chile 2002

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