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Elysia australis Sap-Sucking Sea Slug

Elysia australis is commonly referred to as Sap-Sucking Sea Slug. 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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lexID:
14243 
AphiaID:
494430 
Scientific:
Elysia australis 
German:
Australien-Elysia 
English:
Sap-Sucking Sea Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > australis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1832 
Occurrence:
Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Victoria (Australia) 
Sea depth:
1 - 30 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.79" (0,7cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-10-12 21:17:16 

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Elysia australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

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.

Synonymised names:
Actaeon australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (original combination)

External links

  1. Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 12.11.2021.
  2. Port Phillip Marine Life (en). Abgerufen am 20.11.2021.
  3. Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 12.11.2021.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 12.11.2021.

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