Acanthodoris pilosa

Weichwarzige Sternschnecke ( Acanthodoris pilosa )

The Weichwarzige Sternschnecke ( Acanthodoris pilosa ) is a type of the subordination of the nudibranch, which thus belongs to the worm and the root of the molluscs. The Sternschnecke as referred to many other nudibranchs also popularly known as " underwater slug ".

Home

This snail is native to the Mediterranean and Atlantic, as well as in the side seas English Channel, North Sea and the western Baltic Sea. There you can find them on hard floors, mollusc shells and algae. They sifted from the intertidal zone down to.

Appearance

The white, gray or dark brown Weichwarzige Sternschnecke, like many other Nacktkiemerschnecken also a clumsy and oval body with two retractable laminated head sensors, the rhinophores. These sensors are surrounded by flat, pointed serrated collar. The back is covered with a variety of acute papillae, the anus is stood by a gill wreath. The animal reaches a length of five centimeters.

Way of life

The snail is an extreme food specialist - their diet consists only of moss animals from the genera Flustrellidra and Alcyondium. Other food is not accepted.