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Elysia flava Yellow Sapsucking Slug

Elysia flava is commonly referred to as Yellow Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Elysia flava, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023


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lexID:
6558 
AphiaID:
139679 
Scientific:
Elysia flava 
German:
Gelbe Elysia 
English:
Yellow Sapsucking Slug 
Category:
Sacoglossa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > flava (Species) 
Initial determination:
Verrill, 1901 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Hawaii, Italy, Jamaica, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Panama, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Venezuela 
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:
1 - 3 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Coastal waters, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.43" - 0.87" (1.1cm - 2.2cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 82.4 °F (10°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), No reliable information available 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
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:
2025-05-28 13:50:27 

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Elysia flava Verrill, 1901

The body colour of Elysia flava is yellow, with irregular dark green.Along the white edge are raised opaque white rounded papillae.

The diet of its nudibranch is unknown,but the tooth of E. flava is similar to the tooth of E. papillosa. E.papillosa feed udotea algae.Thats suggesting, that E.flava also feed on Udotea algae. E.flava is similar to E. papillosa.

External links

  1. OPK (en). Abgerufen am 21.11.2024.
  2. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2025.
  3. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Elysia flava, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025
Elysia flava, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025
Elysia flava, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021
Elysia flava, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023
Elysia flava, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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