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Acanthodoris brunnea Brown Horned Dorid, Cedar-Scented Dorid


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Brown Horned Dorid,Acanthodoris brunnea,Diving McAbee Pinnacle 2022


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lexID:
8743 
AphiaID:
581687 
Scientific:
Acanthodoris brunnea 
German:
Sternschnecke, Zedernholz-Sternschnecke 
English:
Brown Horned Dorid, Cedar-Scented Dorid 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Onchidorididae (Family) > Acanthodoris (Genus) > brunnea (Species) 
Initial determination:
MacFarland, 1905 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), USA 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Bryozoans (sea mats), Food specialist 
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:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-11-27 13:49:35 

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Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905

Acanthodoris brunnea have a brown with white and black spots. On the mantle are a lot of high pointed and translucent papilla. The papillae are greyish on the base and whitish on the top.All members o the genus Acanthodoris have very long rhinophores.

The most distinctive characteristics is the pungent odour of cedar it gives off when disturbed.

Acanthodoris brunnea feeds exclusively on bryozoans.

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 05.10.2023.

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