Tritonia challengeriana Faded Tritonia

Tritonia challengerianais commonly referred to as Faded Tritonia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Hornopiren, Chile 2002

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AphiaID:: 241254

Scientific:: Tritonia challengeriana
German:: Bäumchenschnecke, Blasse Tritonia
English:: Faded Tritonia

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Tritonia (Genus) > challengeriana (Species)
Initial determination:: Bergh, 1884

Occurrence:: Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, South-Pazific, the Falkland Islands
Sea depth:: 16 - 465 Meter
Size:: 2.36" - 4.72" (6,5cm - 12cm)
Temperature:: -1,3 °F - 50 °F (-1,3°C - 10°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tritonia atrorubens
Tritonia australis
Tritonia bakeri
Tritonia bayeri
Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia bollandi
Bollands-Tritonia, Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia cedarmontana
Tritonia challengeriana
Bäumchenschnecke, Blasse Tritonia
Tritonia chrysantha
Tritonia cooperi
Tritonia coralliumrubri
Tritonia crocata
Tritonia dantarti
Tritonia delpierrei
Tritonia deusta
Tritonia disticha
Tritonia drakensbergensis
Tritonia dubia
Tritonia episcopalis
Tritonia festiva
Diamant-Rücken Tritonia, Festliche Tritonia
Tritonia flabellifolia
Tritonia flemingi
Tritonia florentiae
Tritonia gladiolaris
Tritonia griegi
Griegs-Tritonia, Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia hamnerorum
Tritonia hombergii
Hombergs Tritonia, Große Tritonia
Tritonia incerta
Tritonia indecora
Tritonia ingolfiana
Tritonia kamisbergensis
Tritonia karooica
Tritonia khaleesi
Tritonia lancea
Tritonia laxifolia
Tritonia linearifolia
Tritonia lineata
Tritonia manicata
Tritonia marlothii
Tritonia moggii
Tritonia myrakeenae
Tritonia nelsonii
Tritonia newfoundlandica
Tritonia nigromaculata
Tritonia nilsodhneri
Tritonia odhneri
Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia olivacea
Tritonia pallida
Tritonia parvula
Tritonia pickensi
Tritonia plebeia
Tritonia poirieri
Tritonia securigera
Tritonia squalida
Tritonia striata
Tritonia taliartensis
Tritonia tugwelliae
Tritonia undulata
Tritonia vorax
Tritonia wellsi

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-09-12 16:21:54
Last edit:: 2023-11-20 12:39:18

Info

Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884

Tritonia challengeriana is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae. This species eats Alcyonium soft corals.

Synonymised names:
Candiella australis Bergh, 1898
Microlophus poirieri Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
Tritonia antarctica Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886 (Synonym)
Tritonia appendiculata Eliot, 1905

External links

Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca-The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (en). Abgerufen am 12.09.2020.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 12.09.2020.
reeflifesurvey (en). Abgerufen am 12.09.2020.

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Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Punta Arenas, Chile 2010

Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Hornopiren, Chile 2002

Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884,Islas Guaitecas,Chile 2004

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