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Elysia velutinus Sapsucking Slug

Elysia velutinus is commonly referred to as Sapsucking 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:
15392 
AphiaID:
883309 
Scientific:
Elysia velutinus 
German:
Saftsauger 
English:
Sapsucking Slug 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > velutinus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Pruvot-Fol, 1947 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, The Bahamas, USA 
Sea depth:
2 - 10 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°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:
2024-12-04 14:33:21 

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Elysia velutinus Pruvot-Fol, 1947

Feeds on Halimeda algae.

Synonymised names:
Elysia (Elysiopterus) verrilli Pruvot-Fol, 1946 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Elysia...)
Elysia pruvotfolae Er. Marcus, 1957 · unaccepted
Elysia tuca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 · unaccepted

External links

  1. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2025.

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