Onchidella celtica Celtic sea slug

Onchidella celticais commonly referred to as Celtic sea slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Celtic Sea Slug - Onchidella celtica,Devon 2021

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AphiaID:: 140626

Scientific:: Onchidella celtica
German:: Keltische Onchidella
English:: Celtic Sea Slug

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Systellommatophora (Order) > Onchidiidae (Family) > Onchidella (Genus) > celtica (Species)
Initial determination:: (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, ), 1832

Occurrence:: Azores, Chanal Islands, European Coasts, France, Northeast Atlantic, Scotland, Spain, the British Isles
Marine Zone:: Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land.
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Coastal waters, Rock crevices, Rocky shores, Rock coasts
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,3cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Algae
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Onchidella accrensis
Onchidella armadilla
Onchidella binneyi
Onchidella borealis
Nordwest Onchidella, Leder-Schnecke
Onchidella brattstroemi
Onchidella celtica
Keltische Onchidella
Onchidella evelinae
Onchidella floridana
Onchidella indolens
Onchidella kurodai
Onchidella maculata
Onchidella marginata
Onchidella miusha
Onchidella monodi
Onchidella nigricans
Schwarze Onchidella
Onchidella orientalis
Onchidella pachyderma
Onchidella philippei
Onchidella souriei
Onchidella steindachneri
Onchidella wah

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-09-25 13:35:21
Last edit:: 2024-02-27 15:02:20

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Onchidella celtica (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832)

Onchidella celtica is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiida.

It's an algae graze and deposit feeder.

Synonymised names:
Onchidella nana (Philippi, 1844) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Onchidella remanei Ev. Marcus, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Onchidium celticum Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832 · unaccepted (original combination)
Onchidium nanum Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Onchidium tuberculatum Taslé, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Peronia parthenopeia Delle Chiaje, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)

Scientific paper

The fine structure of the mature spermatozoon of Onchidella celtica (Cuvier) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and its phylogenetic implications, M.G. Selmi; F. Giusti; G. Manganelli, 1988

External links

MarLin (Marine Biological Association) (en). Abgerufen am 25.09.2022.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 25.09.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 25.09.2022.

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Celtic Sea Slug - Onchidella celtica,Devon 2021

Onchidella celtica, Bretagne, France 2011

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