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Verconia decussata Nudibranch

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Verconia decussata (Risbec, 1928). This species usually shows a midlateral bulge in the body. That's this specimen's egg mass over to the right.


Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
8196 
AphiaID:
866653 
Scientific:
Verconia decussata 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Verconia (Genus) > decussata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Risbec, ), 1928 
Occurrence:
Australia, Japan, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°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) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-04-25 20:13:08 

Info

Verconia decussata (Risbec, 1928)

Verconia decussata is white, sometimes with yellow specks.Rhinophore clubs are red and the gills are translucent cwith a red line along the inside edge. The body have a cross-like appearance.

Verconia decussata feeds exclusively on sponges genus Aplysilla.

Very similar is Verconia simplex (the manzle is red to white with a orange-red mantle margin).

Synonyme:
Glossodoris decussata
Noumea decussata
Thorunna decussata

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spawn

Verconia decussata (Risbec, 1928). This species usually shows a midlateral bulge in the body. That's this specimen's egg mass over to the right.

Commonly

Verconia decussata on Aplysilla sulfurea
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Verconia decussata on Aplysilla sulfurea

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