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Phyllidiopsis loricata Loricate Phyllidia

Phyllidiopsis loricata is commonly referred to as Loricate Phyllidia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Phyllidiopsis loricata. 20mm


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lexID:
9760 
AphiaID:
536720 
Scientific:
Phyllidiopsis loricata 
German:
Warzenschnecke 
English:
Loricate Phyllidia 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Doridida (Order) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidiopsis (Genus) > loricata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bergh, ), 1873 
Occurrence:
Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indo Pacific, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Timor 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.59" - 1.57" (1.5cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, 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:
2026-01-27 12:40:55 

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Phyllidiopsis loricata (Bergh, 1873)

The dorsum is with with dark brown to black spots and a rough mantle surface.Rhinophores are pointed white rhinophores with 16-19 lamellae.

Phyllidiopsis loricata feeds exclusively on the cream colored sponge Leiodermatium sp.

Very Similar is Phyllidia scottjohnsoni.

Synonymised names
Phyllidia loricata Bergh, 1873 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. biodiversitylibrary (de). Abgerufen am 27.01.2026.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 10.01.2021.

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