Elysia lobata

Elysia lobata is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Plakobranchidae. This sea slug resembles a nudibranch, but it is not closely related to that order of gastropods, instead it is a sacoglossan.

Elysia lobata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Plakobranchoidea
Family:
Plakobranchidae
Genus:
Elysia
Species:
E. lobata
Binomial name
Elysia lobata
(Gould, 1852) [1]

Description

Elysia lobata can grow to a length of 15 millimetres (0.59 in). In his original short description of the species in 1852, Augustus Addison Gould wrote: "Animal slug-like, greenish, dotted with black, and bordered with yellow; edge of mantle expanded in to a three lobed lateral wing. Head small with very large and long tentacles, tipped with sky-blue".[2]

Distribution

Elysia lobata is found in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands and parts of Japan.[2]

References
  1. Bouchet, Philippe (2010). "Elysia lobata Gould, 1852". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  2. Elysia lobata Gould, 1852 The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
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