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Kalinga ornata Nudibranch

Kalinga ornatais commonly referred to as Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Alicia Hermosillo McKowen, USA

Kalinga ornata, Anilao 2010, Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo


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lexID:
8082 
AphiaID:
531058 
Scientific:
Kalinga ornata 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Kalinga (Genus) > ornata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Alder & Hancock, 1864 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Anilao, Australia, China, Hawaii, India, Indo Pacific, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South-Africa, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
6 - 182 Meter 
Size:
3.15" - 7.48" (8cm - 19cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, 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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-06-02 20:35:50 

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Kalinga ornata Alder & Hancock, 1864

Kalinga ornata is the only species in the genus Kalinga and the type genus of the subfamily Kalinginae.

This sea slug is nocturnal and prefers sandy or silty bottom. Kalinga ornata lives burrowed in the sand or mud.The background colour is white with small whitish and larger reddish papillae.

Feeds on brittle stars.

Scientific paper

  1. Kalinga ornata Alder & Hancock, 1864 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae): a unique case of a sea slug feeding on echinoderms, Nakano, R.; Uochi, J.; Fujita, T.; Hirose, E., 2011

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 02.06.2022.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Kalinga ornata, Anilao 2010, Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo
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