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Elysia aowthai Mehrotra, Caballer, C. M. Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020
Members 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.
Elysia aowthai is a new described species. Body length reach up to 16 mm. The body is translucent white, with tips of rhinophores deep blue to purple, fading to the base and lacking tubules of digestive gland. Opaque white specks all over the body.
This species cam be found on soft sediment habitats.
The name "aowthai" was given in reference to the type locality of the species in the Gulf of Thailand, "Aow Thai" in the local vernacular language,
Members 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.
Elysia aowthai is a new described species. Body length reach up to 16 mm. The body is translucent white, with tips of rhinophores deep blue to purple, fading to the base and lacking tubules of digestive gland. Opaque white specks all over the body.
This species cam be found on soft sediment habitats.
The name "aowthai" was given in reference to the type locality of the species in the Gulf of Thailand, "Aow Thai" in the local vernacular language,
