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Elysia maoria sap-sucking slug

Elysia maoria is commonly referred to as 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.


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Elysia maoria_October 12, 2018


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lexID:
11739 
AphiaID:
494458 
Scientific:
Elysia maoria 
German:
Saftsauger 
English:
Sap-sucking Slug 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > maoria (Species) 
Initial determination:
Powell, 1937 
Occurrence:
Australia, New Zealand 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
2,5 cm 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Zooxanthellae / Light 
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:
2018-10-22 15:59:45 

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Elysia maoria Powell, 1937

Nudibranch 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 maoria feeds on Codium algae.

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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