Ancula gibbosa Humped Ancula, Pacific Ancula, Pacific Ancula Sea Slug, Atlantic Ancula

Ancula gibbosais commonly referred to as Humped Ancula, Pacific Ancula, Pacific Ancula Sea Slug, Atlantic Ancula. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Ancula gibbosa, 2008

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lexID:: 7750
AphiaID:: 140029

Scientific:: Ancula gibbosa
German:: Buckelige Ancula, Weiße Griffelschnecke, Pazifik Ancula, Atlantic Ancula
English:: Humped Ancula, Pacific Ancula, Pacific Ancula Sea Slug, Atlantic Ancula

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Ancula (Genus) > gibbosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Risso, ), 1818

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Bay of Biscay, Canada , Corea, Danmark, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Nova Scotia, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea
Sea depth:: 10 - 110 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Kelp forests, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils
Size:: up to 1.3" (3.3 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Kelchwürmer (Entroprocta), Food specialist, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ancula espinosai
Ancula evelinae
Ancula fuegiensis
Ancula gibbosa
Buckelige Ancula, Weiße Griffelschnecke, Pazifik Ancula, Atlantic Ancula
Ancula kariyana
Ancula lentiginosa
Sommersprossen Ancula, Griffelschnecke
Ancula mapae
Griffelschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-12-01 20:05:04
Last edit:: 2024-04-08 16:22:00

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Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)

The background colour is a translucent white with three longitudinal orange lines. Rhinophores, gills and papillae are orange tipped.This species can be found on moss animals (bryozoan)and feeds on entoprocta (kamptozoa) Barentsia ramosa.

Very similar to Polycera quadrilineata, Polycera faeroensis and Trapania maculata.

Synonymised names:
Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841)
Ancula pacifica MacFarland, 1905
Ancula sulphurea Stimpson, 1853
Polycera cristata Alder, 1841 (synonym)
Tritonia gibbosa Risso, 1818 (original combination)