Colpodaspis pusilla Tiny Nudibranch

Colpodaspis pusilla is commonly referred to as Tiny Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18564 

AphiaID:

139547 

Scientific:

Colpodaspis pusilla 

German:

Winzige Colpodaspis 

English:

Tiny Nudibranch 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Colpodaspididae (Family) > Colpodaspis (Genus) > pusilla (Species) 

Initial determination:

M. Sars, 1870 

Occurrence:

Azores, France, Iceland, Madeira, Malta, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Scotland, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

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:

- 230 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,2cm - 0,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Sea squirts 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Colpodaspis pusilla
  Winzige Colpodaspis
• 
  Colpodaspis thompsoni
  Spiegelei Schnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Colpodaspis sp.01
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Colpodaspis sp.02
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Colpodaspis sp.03
  Kopfschildschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-08-23 13:41:06 

Last edit:

2026-08-23 14:00:30 

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