Elysia mercieri

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lexID:: 10683

Scientific:: Elysia mercieri
German:: Saftsauger
English:: Sap-sucking Slug

Category:: Sacoglossa
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > mercieri (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pruvot-Fol, ), 1930

Occurrence:: Australie, barrière de récif, île de Guam, Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée
Size:: bis zu 0,7cm
Temperature:: °C - 25°C
Food:: algues
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Elysia abei
Elysia amakusana
Elysia arena
Saftsauger
Elysia asbecki
Saftsauger
Elysia atroviridis
Elysia australis
Elysia babai
Elysia bangtawaensis
Elysia bella
Elysia bengalensis
Elysia bennettae
Elysia brycei
Elysia buonoi
Elysia canguzua
Elysia catulus
Elysia chilkensis
Elysia chlorotica
Elysia christinae
Elysia coodgeensis
Elysia cornigera
Saftsauger
Elysia crispata
Blumenkohl-Sackzungenschnecke
Elysia deborahae
Elysia degeneri
Elysia diomedea
Rüschen-Elysia
Elysia ellenae
Elysia entredosaguas
Elysia evelinae
Saftsauger
Elysia expansa
Elysia filicauda
Elysia flava
Saftsauger
Elysia flavipunctata
Elysia flavomacula
Elysia furvacauda
Saftsauger
Elysia gordanae
Saftsauger
Elysia grandis
Elysia haingsisiana
Elysia hamanni
Elysia hamatanii
Elysia hedgpethi
Saftsauger
Elysia hendersoni
Elysia hetta
Elysia hirasei
Elysia japonica
Elysia jibacoaensis
Elysia kushimotoensis
Elysia leucolegnote
Elysia lobata
Saftsauger
Elysia macnaei
Elysia manriquei
Elysia maoria
Saftsauger
Elysia marcusi
Elysia margaritae
Elysia mercieri
Saftsauger
Elysia minima
Elysia nealae
Saftsauger
Elysia nigrocapitata
Elysia nigropunctata
Saftsauger
Elysia nisbeti
Elysia obtusa
Saftsauger
Elysia oerstedii
Elysia orientalis
Elysia ornata
Saftsauger
Elysia papillosa
Saftsauger
Elysia patagonica
Elysia patina
Elysia pawliki
Elysia pilosa
Elysia pratensis
Elysia punctata
Elysia pusilla
Saftsauger, Halimeda Schnecke
Elysia rufescens
Saftsauger
Elysia serca
Elysia siamensis
Elysia singaporensis
Elysia slimora
Elysia stylifera
Elysia subornata
Elysia sugashimae
Elysia taino
Elysia thompsoni
Saftsauger
Elysia timida
Hüpfende Samtschnecke
Elysia tokarensis
Elysia tomentosa
Saftsauger
Elysia translucens
Saftsauger
Elysia trilobata
Saftsauger
Elysia trisinuata
Elysia velutinus
Elysia verrucosa
Saftsauger
Elysia viridis
Grüne Samtschnecke
Elysia vreelandae
Elysia yaeyamana
Saftsauger
Elysia zemi
Elysia zuleicae

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-04-27 20:18:27
Last edit:: 2017-04-27 20:23:21

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Elysia mercieri (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)

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.

Synonym:
Elysiobranchus mercieri

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchacea (Suborder) > Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > Elysia mercieri (Species)

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