Hancockia californica Hancock's nudibranch

Hancockia californica.Pillar Point.2021

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lexID:: 8747
AphiaID:: 581831

Scientific:: Hancockia californica
German:: Hancock's Nacktschnecke
English:: Hancock's Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Hancockiidae (Family) > Hancockia (Genus) > californica (Species)
Initial determination:: MacFarland, 1923

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific)
Size:: 0.35" - 0.39" (0.9cm - 1,5cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps
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:

Hancockia burni
Hancockia californica
Hancock's Nacktschnecke
Hancockia papillata
Hancockia ryrca
Hancockia schoeferti
Seetang Flammen-Schnecke
Hancockia uncinata
Krumme Hancockia
Hancockia uniflora

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-09-13 13:06:45
Last edit:: 2015-09-13 13:06:45

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Hancockia californica MacFarland, 1923

Hancockia californica have hand-like cerata.This sea lsug of the Eastern Pacific feeds on hyrozoon polyps.

Similar are Sea slug genus Dendronotus, which have never the hand-shape cerata.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Cladobranchia (Infraorder) > Dendronotida (Parvorder) > Tritonioidea (Superfamily) > Hancockiidae (Family) > Hancockia (Genus) > Hancockia californica (Species)