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Chromodoris aspersa Purple-Spotted Nudibranch

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lexID:
7411 
AphiaID:
558319 
Scientific:
Chromodoris aspersa 
German:
Lila-Gepunktete Prachtsternschnecke 
English:
Purple-Spotted Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Chromodoris (Genus) > aspersa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gould, ), 1852 
Occurrence:
Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Myanmar, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa, Western Pacific Ocean 
Size:
0.59" - 1.57" (1.5cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°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) 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2014-07-29 20:09:16 

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Chromodoris aspersa (Gould, 1852)

On the white backround colour are numerous purple spots.These appearance is distinctive.

This species feeds exclusively on sponges (siliceous sponges -Desmospongiae).

Synonymised names:
Chromodoris inornata Pease, 1871
Chromodoris pallescens Bergh, 1875
Doris amabilis Kelaart, 1859
Doris aspersa Gould, 1852 (original combination)
Doris punctulifera Bergh, 1874
Glossodoris inornata Pease, 1871

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en)
  2. Seaslugs.free.fr (en)
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en)

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