Donna Pomeroy, USA
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Elysia hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1961
Nudibranch of genus Elysia feed primilary by piercing and sucking algae cells (chloroplasts).They are sap Sucking Slugs.Thats why Elysia is,like their food, often green.Young species are brownish or beige in colour.
Elysia hedgpethi has rolled rhinophores. The body is yellow-green with small red, yellow and blue spots.Its feed on grean algae Codium fragile and Bryopsis corticulans.
Synonymised names
Elysia bedeckta MacFarland, 1966 · unaccepted
Nudibranch of genus Elysia feed primilary by piercing and sucking algae cells (chloroplasts).They are sap Sucking Slugs.Thats why Elysia is,like their food, often green.Young species are brownish or beige in colour.
Elysia hedgpethi has rolled rhinophores. The body is yellow-green with small red, yellow and blue spots.Its feed on grean algae Codium fragile and Bryopsis corticulans.
Synonymised names
Elysia bedeckta MacFarland, 1966 · unaccepted
