Ercolania endophytophaga Sapsucking Slug

Ercolania endophytophaga is commonly referred to as Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA

Ercolania endophytophaga, four, in a bubble algae with egg spirals,Romblon, Philippines 2024

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Scientific:: Ercolania endophytophaga
German:: Saftsauger
English:: Sapsucking Slug

Category:: Sacoglossa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Limapontiidae (Family) > Ercolania (Genus) > endophytophaga (Species)
Initial determination:: K. R. Jensen, 1999

Occurrence:: Anilao, Australia, Philippines, Queensland (Australia)
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: - 10 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1,3 cm
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ercolania annelyleorum
Ercolania boodleae
Boodlea Saftsauger
Ercolania coerulea
Saftsauger, Blauer Stiliger
Ercolania endophytophaga
Saftsauger
Ercolania erbsus
Ercolania felina
Katzen-Ercolania, Saftsaugerschnecke
Ercolania fuscata
Dunkler-Saftsauger
Ercolania gopalai
Ercolania halophilae
Ercolania irregularis
Ercolania kencolesi
Ken Coles Ercolania, Saftsauger
Ercolania lozanoi
Lozanos Ercolania
Ercolania margaritae
Ercolania nigra
Ercolania pica
Ercolania raorum
Ercolania selva
Ercolania subviridis
Ercolania talis
Ercolania translucens
Ercolania varians
Ercolania viridis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-12-27 19:46:47
Last edit:: 2024-06-10 11:22:15

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Ercolania endophytophaga K. R. Jensen, 1999

Named from "endophytophaga" found inside the large cells of the green alga Struvea plumosa in Western Australia.

Ercolania endophytophaga is a Struvea plumosa eater. This small sapsucking slug is able to penetrate inside a bladder without tearing it and eat from inside.

External links

Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 27.12.2022.
slugsite.us (en). Abgerufen am 01.09.2023.

Pictures

Spawn

Ercolania endophytophaga,murals Mabini, Batangas, Philippines 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

Ercolania endophytophaga,Bang-og Island, Philippines 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

Ercolania endophytophaga,Batangas, Philippines 2025

Ercolania endophytophaga, four, in a bubble algae with egg spirals,Romblon, Philippines 2024

Commonly

Ercolania endophytophaga, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines 2023

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