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Tritoniopsis elegans Elegant Tritoniopsis, White Tritoniopsis

Tritoniopsis elegansis commonly referred to as Elegant Tritoniopsis, White Tritoniopsis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Tritoniopsis elegans pink Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo


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lexID:
2179 
AphiaID:
599558 
Scientific:
Tritoniopsis elegans 
German:
Elegante Tritoniopsis, Weiße Tritoniopsis 
English:
Elegant Tritoniopsis, White Tritoniopsis 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Tritoniopsis (Genus) > elegans (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Audouin, ), 1826 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Australia, East Africa, Fiji, Indo Pacific, Japan, Marquesas Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
Muddy Grounds, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
5,5 cm 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 
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:
  • Tritoniopsis alba
  • Tritoniopsis antholyza
  • Tritoniopsis bicolor
  • Tritoniopsis brucei
  • Tritoniopsis burchellii
  • Tritoniopsis caledonensis
  • Tritoniopsis cincta
  • Tritoniopsis dodii
  • Tritoniopsis elegans
    Elegante Tritoniopsis, Weiße Tritoniopsis
  • Tritoniopsis elongata
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-26 19:33:06 

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Tritoniopsis elegans (Audouin, 1826)

Tritoniopsis elegans (formerly classifed as Tritoniopsilla alba (Baba, 1949) feeds on soft corals.This nudibranch is white, yellow, orange or reddish in colour.

The picture of the blue branched Tritoniopsis elegans shows a sea slug that feeds on the blue soft coral Metalcyonium verseveldti.

Tritoniopsis elegans feeds on the soft coral Capnella sp.

Synonymised names
Tritonia elegans Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tritoniopsilla alba Baba, 1949 · unaccepted
Tritoniopsis alba (Baba, 1949) · unaccepted
Tritoniopsis gravieri Vayssière, 1912 · unaccepted

Scientific paper

  1. Tritoniopsins A–D, Cladiellane-Based Diterpenes from the South China Sea Nudibranch Tritoniopsis elegans and Its Prey Cladiella krempfi, Ciavatta, Maria Letizia; Manzo, Emiliano; Mollo, Ernesto; Mattia, Carlo Andrea; Tedesco, Consiglia; Irace, Carlo; Guo, Yue-Wei; Li, Xiu-Bao; Cimino, Guido; Gavagnin, Margherita , 2011

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum _archiv (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 26.04.2024.

Pictures

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Tritoniopsis alba, PNG 2017
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Tritoniopsis elegans, Copyright Marcel Schultz, Fish and More
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Tritoniopsis elegans, Copyright Marcel Schultz, Fish and More
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Tritoniopsis elegans, Copyright Marcel Schultz, Fish and More
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Tritoniopsis elegans white Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo
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Tritoniopsis elegans pink Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo
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Tritoniopsis elegans, orange-colored, Kwajalein

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