Aplysiopsis elegans Sapsucking Slug,Pyjama Sacoglossa

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lexID:

9755 

AphiaID:

140087 

Scientific:

Aplysiopsis elegans 

German:

Saftsauger 

English:

Sapsucking Slug,Pyjama Sacoglossa 

Category:

Sacoglossa 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Hermaeidae (Family) > Aplysiopsis (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

Deshayes, 1853 

Occurrence:

European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

0.39" - 0.47" (1cm - 1.2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

4.4 gal (~ 20L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Aplysiopsis brattstroemi
• 
  Aplysiopsis elegans
  Saftsauger
• 
  Aplysiopsis enteromorphae
  Enteromorpha-fressender Saftsauger
• 
  Aplysiopsis formosa
  Saftsauger
• Aplysiopsis minor
• Aplysiopsis nigra
• Aplysiopsis orientalis
• Aplysiopsis singularis
• Aplysiopsis sinusmensalis
• Aplysiopsis toyamana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-06-06 12:07:19 

Last edit:

2017-01-18 12:49:09 

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