Doris montereyensis Monterey Sea Lemon

Doris montereyensis, Pillar Point tidepools 2018

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lexID:: 8633
AphiaID:: 581816

Scientific:: Doris montereyensis
German:: Monterey Meerzitrone
English:: Monterey Sea Lemon

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dorididae (Family) > Doris (Genus) > montereyensis (Species)
Initial determination:: J. G. Cooper, 1863

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California
Size:: 1.97" - 4.72" (5cm - 12cm)
Temperature:: °F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
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:

Doris alboranica
Doris ananas
Ananas-Doris
Doris beringiensis
Doris bertheloti
Sternschnecke
Doris bicolor
Doris bovena
Doris caeca
Doris cameroni
Sternschnecke
Doris capensis
Doris chrysoderma
Lemon Lolly Doris, Chrysanthemen Doris
Doris claurina
Doris elegans
Doris falklandica
Doris flabellifera
Doris fontainii
Sternschnecke
Doris fretterae
Doris fulva
Doris granulosa
Doris hayeki
Doris ilo
Doris immonda
Sternschnecke
Doris januarii
Doris kerguelenensis
Sternschnecke
Doris kpone
Doris kyolis
Doris laboutei
Doris magnotuberculata
Doris marmorata
Doris minuta
Doris montereyensis
Monterey Meerzitrone
Doris morenoi
Doris nanula
Doris nobilis
Doris nucleola
Sternschnecke
Doris ocelligera
Sternschnecke
Doris odhneri
Odhners Doris, Weiße Nachtdoris
Doris pickensi
Pickens Doris, Sternschnecke
Doris pseudoargus
Meerzitrone
Doris pseudoverrucosa
Doris scripta
Doris sticta
Doris sugashimae
Doris tricolor
Doris verrucosa
Warzen-Doris
Doris violacea
Doris viridis
Sternschnecke
Doris wellingtonensis
Sternschnecke

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-08-03 19:44:45
Last edit:: 2016-11-19 12:53:53

Info

Doris montereyensis J. G. Cooper, 1863

The body colour is yellow. On the dorsum are dark to blackish tubercles.Rhinophores and gills are typically match the colour of the body.

This yellow sea slug feeds exclusively on sponges.

Similar are Peltodoris nobilis and Doris odhneri.

Synonym:
Archidoris montereyensis