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Elysia ellenae Ellen's Sap Sucking Slug

Elysia ellenae is commonly referred to as Ellen's Sap Sucking 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.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Elysia ellenae,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025


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lexID:
17209 
AphiaID:
744447 
Scientific:
Elysia ellenae 
German:
Ellens Saftsauger 
English:
Ellen's Sap Sucking Slug 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > ellenae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2013 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
- 2 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.79" (0,5cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, No reliable information available, Zoobenthos, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
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:
2025-07-23 17:56:43 

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Elysia ellenae Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2013

Nudibranch 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.

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  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 05.02.2025.

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