Okenia luna Moon Okenia

Okenia lunais commonly referred to as Moon Okenia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

Dr. Juri Hooker, Peru

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lexID:: 9787
AphiaID:: 536843

Scientific:: Okenia luna
German:: Mond Okenia
English:: Moon Okenia

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Okenia (Genus) > luna (Species)
Initial determination:: Millen, Schrödl, Vargas & Indacochea, 1994

Occurrence:: Chile, Peru
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 0.14" (0.35 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 60.8 °F (°C - 16°C)
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), Food specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Okenia academica
Okenia africana
Okenia ameliae
Okenia amoenula
Feurige Okenia
Okenia angelensis
Okenia angelica
Angelic Okenia
Okenia aspersa
Flecken Okenia, Seescheiden OKenia
Okenia atkinsonorum
Okenia barnardi
Okenia brunneomaculata
Okenia cochimi
Okenia cupella
Okenia digitata
Okenia distincta
Okenia echinata
Nacktschnecke
Okenia elegans
Elegante Okenia
Okenia eolida
Okenia evelinae
Okenia felis
Okenia ghanensis
Okenia hallucigenia
Okenia harastii
Okenia hiroi
Okenia hispanica
Okenia hypogaea
Okenia impexa
Okenia japonica
Okenia kendi
Okenia kondoi
Okenia lambat
Okenia leachii
Okenia liklik
Okenia luna
Mond Okenia
Okenia mediterranea
Mittelmeer Okenia
Okenia mellita
Okenia mexicorum
Okenia mica
Okenia mija
Okenia miramarae
Okenia nakamotoensis
Okenia opuntia
Okenia pellucida
Okenia pilosa
Okenia purpurata
Okenia purpureolineata
Okenia rhinorma
Nacktschnecke
Okenia rosacea
Okenia sapelona
Okenia stellata
Okenia vancouverensis
Okenia vena
Okenia virginiae
Okenia zoobotryon

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-06-25 13:05:03
Last edit:: 2024-02-13 12:57:46

Info

Okenia luna Millen, Schrödl, Vargas & Indacochea, 1994

This Okenia has a broad body with seven to twelve pairs of lateral papillae.The papillae are yellow tiped, the body colur is white.

Okenia luna feeds exclusively on the bryozoan Alcyonidium nodosum.

External links

Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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