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Elysia diomedea Mexican Dancer, Sapsucking Slug, Diomede's sapsucker

Elysia diomedea is commonly referred to as Mexican Dancer, Sapsucking Slug, Diomede's sapsucker. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Sea slug solar Panel,Elysia diomedea, Mexico 2017


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lexID:
7821 
AphiaID:
494440 
Scientific:
Elysia diomedea 
German:
Rüschen-Elysia, Mexikanische Tänzerin, Diomede's Saftsauger 
English:
Mexican Dancer, Sapsucking Slug, Diomede's Sapsucker 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > diomedea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bergh, ), 1894 
Occurrence:
Costa Rica, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Peru 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
26,0 °F - 29,1 °F (26,0°C - 29,1°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Food specialist 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-01-09 13:55:33 

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Elysia diomedea (Bergh, 1894)

Elysia sapsucker 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 diomeea is in accordance their algae food bright green to deep dark green in colour.This sap-sucking sea slug prefers sunlit shallow waters to maximise the photosynthesize.This species belongs to the group of Solar powered sea slugs.

Feeds on Padina and Codium.

Synonymised names
Tridachia diomedea Bergh, 1894 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tridachiella diomedea (Bergh, 1894) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 09.01.2024.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Sea slug solar Panel,Elysia diomedea, Mexico 2017
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