David Lehrian
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Elysia pratensis Ortea & Espinosa, 1996
Seaslugs 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 pratensis is a relatively elongated species, ranging in color from green to yellow-green, with a pattern of pale longitudinal lines throughout the body and parapodia. Sometimes the lines are emphasized by the presence of alternating border lines. Raised, unbranched, whitish papillae are scattered throughout the parapodia. Along the parapodial margin, the papillae appear as a series of white swellings visible internally and externally. There is a black line along the parapodial margin.
The appearance of this sapsucker snail appears to be relatively constant. The spawn is deposited in a yellow spiral band. The snail lives on sandy soils between algae and sea grasses.
Feeds exclisively on the green alagae Rhipocephalus brevicaulis.
Similar to Elysia subornata.
Seaslugs 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 pratensis is a relatively elongated species, ranging in color from green to yellow-green, with a pattern of pale longitudinal lines throughout the body and parapodia. Sometimes the lines are emphasized by the presence of alternating border lines. Raised, unbranched, whitish papillae are scattered throughout the parapodia. Along the parapodial margin, the papillae appear as a series of white swellings visible internally and externally. There is a black line along the parapodial margin.
The appearance of this sapsucker snail appears to be relatively constant. The spawn is deposited in a yellow spiral band. The snail lives on sandy soils between algae and sea grasses.
Feeds exclisively on the green alagae Rhipocephalus brevicaulis.
Similar to Elysia subornata.
