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Placida barackobamai Barack Obama's Placide

Placida barackobamai is commonly referred to as Barack Obama's Placide. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Tracey I Howley, Australia

Placida barackobamai,Sandy Beach, Coffs Coast, New South Wales 2023


Courtesy of the author Tracey I Howley, Australia . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
17858 
AphiaID:
1043244 
Scientific:
Placida barackobamai 
German:
Barack Obamas Placide 
English:
Barack Obama's Placide 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Limapontiidae (Family) > Placida (Genus) > barackobamai (Species) 
Initial determination:
McCarthy, Krug & Á. Valdés, 2017 
Occurrence:
Australia, Guam, Hawaii, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean) 
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:
1 - 6 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,7cm - 1,1cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-08 19:33:01 

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Placida barackobamai McCarthy, Krug & Á. Valdés, 2017

Diet: Derbesia sp.

Similar to:
Mediterranean species P. cremoniana
and new species:
from Hawaiii Placida barackobamai McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017
from California Placida brookae McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017 and
from Japan to Kenya Placida barackobamai McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017

External links

  1. marinelifephotography (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2025.
  2. seaslugsofhawaii (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2025.

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Placida barackobamai,Sandy Beach, Coffs Coast, New South Wales 2023
Placida barackobamai,La Balsa Park 2021

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