Elysia furvacauda Sapsucking Slug

Elysia furvacauda. Blairgowrie, 2016

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lexID:: 11031
AphiaID:: 494448

Scientific:: Elysia furvacauda
German:: Saftsauger
English:: Sapsucking Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > furvacauda (Species)
Initial determination:: Burn, 1958

Occurrence:: Australia, Endemic species
Sea depth:: 2 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 0.39" (1,2cm - 1,9cm)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
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:

Elysia abei
Elysia amakusana
Elysia arena
Sandige-Elysia, Saftsauger
Elysia asbecki
Saftsauger
Elysia atroviridis
Elysia australis
Australien-Elysia
Elysia babai
Elysia bangtawaensis
Elysia bella
Elysia bengalensis
Elysia bennettae
Elysia brycei
Elysia buonoi
Elysia canguzua
Elysia catulus
Elysia chilkensis
Elysia chlorotica
Saftsauger, Solar-Schnecke
Elysia christinae
Elysia coodgeensis
Elysia cornigera
Saftsauger
Elysia crispata
Blumenkohl-Sackzungenschnecke
Elysia deborahae
Elysia degeneri
Saftsauger
Elysia diomedea
Rüschen-Elysia, Mexikanische Tänzerin, Diomede's Saftsauger
Elysia ellenae
Ellens Saftsauger
Elysia entredosaguas
Elysia evelinae
Elysia expansa
Saftsauger
Elysia filicauda
Elysia flava
Gelbe Elysia
Elysia flavipunctata
Elysia flavomacula
Elysia furvacauda
Saftsauger
Elysia gordanae
Gordanas Elysia
Elysia grandis
Elysia haingsisiana
Elysia hamanni
Elysia hamatanii
Elysia hedgpethi
Hedgpeths Saftsauger
Elysia hendersoni
Elysia hetta
Elysia hirasei
Hirases Blatt Schnecke
Elysia japonica
Elysia jibacoaensis
Elysia kushimotoensis
Elysia leucolegnote
Elysia lobata
Elysia macnaei
Elysia manriquei
Manriques Saftsauger
Elysia maoria
Saftsauger
Elysia marcusi
Elysia margaritae
Elysia mercieri
Saftsauger
Elysia minima
Elysia nealae
Elysia nigrocapitata
Elysia nigropunctata
Schwarzpunkt-Saftsauger
Elysia nisbeti
Elysia obtusa
Weißrand-Elysia, Saftsauger
Elysia oerstedii
Elysia orientalis
Elysia ornata
Saftsauger
Elysia papillosa
Papillen-Elysia, Saftsauger
Elysia patagonica
Patagonien Saftsauger
Elysia patina
Elysia pawliki
Elysia pilosa
Elysia pratensis
Linien-Elysia
Elysia punctata
Gepunktete Elysia
Elysia pusilla
Halimeda Saftsauger, Flache Elysia
Elysia rufescens
Rostige-Elysia, Saftsauger
Elysia serca
Elysia siamensis
Elysia singaporensis
Elysia slimora
Elysia stylifera
Elysia subornata
Saftsauger
Elysia sugashimae
Elysia taino
Elysia thompsoni
Elysia timida
Hüpfende Samtschnecke
Elysia tokarensis
Elysia tomentosa
Haarige Elysia, Saftsauger
Elysia translucens
Saftsauger
Elysia trilobata
Saftsauger
Elysia trisinuata
Elysia velutinus
Saftsauger
Elysia verrucosa
Saftsauger, Wollige-Blattschnecke
Elysia viridis
Grüne Samtschnecke
Elysia vreelandae
Elysia zemi
Elysia zuleicae
Zuleicas Elysia, Saftsauger

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-09-09 12:05:30
Last edit:: 2017-09-09 12:11:28

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Elysia furvacauda Burn, 1958

Nudibranch 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 furvacauda is known only from southeastern Australia.

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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