species: Elysia ornata in Australian Seaslugs (Gaia Guide)
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Elysia ornata


©Steve Childs: Elysia ornata

©Ria Tan: Elysia ornata

©Barbara Banks: Elysia ornata at Waining Reef, Queensland

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Sacoglossa
Family Plakobranchidae
Genus Elysia
Species Elysia ornata

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Colours

                             

Distinguishing features

Bill Rudman notes in Sea Slug Forum: "The animal is usually a translucent green colour with a black parapodial margin and a submarginal yellow or orange band. Sometimes there is a white line between the orange and yellow bands. The tip of the rhinophores often have the same colour bands. There are also numerous black and white dots all over the body."

Size

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Christa., G., K. Händeler, P. Kück, M. Vleugels, J. Franken, D. Karmeinski and H. Wägele (2015). Phylogenetic evidence for multiple independent origins of functional kleptoplasty in Sacoglossa (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda), Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 15: 23-26. LIRS catalog number 1870.
  • Christa, G., K. Haendeler, T.F. Schaberle, G.M. Konig and H. Wagele (2014). Identification of sequestered chloroplasts in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Frontiers in Zoology, 11. LIRS catalog number 1785.
  • Cortesi, F. and K.L. Cheney (2010). Conspicuousness is correlated with toxicity in marine opisthobranchs, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23: 1509-1518. LIRS catalog number 1360.
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