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Family: Plakobranchidae



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80 species (see list below)
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Bosellia corinneae
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Bosellia mimetica
[]
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Elysia annedupontae
[]
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Elysia arena
[]
No picture found
 
Elysia atroviridis
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
Elysia australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

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Elysia australis
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Elysia canguzua
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Elysia catulus
[Eelgrass slug]
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Elysia chilkensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Elysia chitwa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Elysia chlorotica
[Emerald Elysia]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm DL
 
Elysia clarki
[]
No picture found
 
Elysia coodgeensis
[Coodgee Elysia]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Elysia cornigera
[Horned sapsucker]

Photo by www.tropicalfavourites.com

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Elysia crispata Morch, 1863

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Elysia crispata
[Lettuce seaslug]
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Elysia deborahae
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Elysia degeneri Ostergaard, 1955

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Elysia degeneri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Elysia diomedea
[Diomede's sapsucker]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Elysia evelinae
[]
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Elysia fezi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Elysia flava
[]
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Elysia flavomacula
[]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm TL
 
Elysia furvacauda
[]
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Elysia gordanae
[]
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Elysia grandifolia
[]
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Elysia halimedae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Elysia hedgpethi
[Hedgpeth's sapsucker]
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Elysia hetta
[]
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Elysia hirasei
[]
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Elysia japonica
[]
No picture found
 
Elysia leucolegnote
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Elysia maoria
[Maori Elysia]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Elysia marcusi
[]
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Elysia margaritae
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-Pacific

Elysia marginata (Pease, 1871)

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Elysia marginata
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Elysia mercieri (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)

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Elysia mercieri
[]
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Elysia moebii
[]
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Elysia nigrocapitata
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Central Pacific

Elysia nigropunctata (Pease, 1871)

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Elysia nigropunctata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Elysia nisbeti
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-Pacific

Elysia obtusa Baba, 1938

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Elysia obtusa
[]

Photo by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

Indo-Pacific and Western
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840)

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Elysia ornata
[Ornate Elysia]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Elysia papillosa
[Papillose Elysia]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Elysia patagonica
[Green sea slug]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Elysia patina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Elysia purchoni
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Elysia pusilla Bergh, 1872

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Elysia pusilla
[Flat Elysia]
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Elysia ratna
[]
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Elysia rubeni
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-Pacific.

Elysia rufescens (Pease, 1871)

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Elysia rufescens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Elysia scops
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Elysia serca
[Seagrass Elysia]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Elysia subornata
[]

Photo by Tiralongo, Francesco

Mediterranean Sea.

Elysia timida (Risso, 1818)

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Elysia timida
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-West Pacific and the
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Elysia tomentosa Jensen, 1997

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Elysia tomentosa
[Sap sucking slug]
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Elysia translucens
[]
No picture found
 
Elysia trisinuata
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Elysia velutinus
[Sacoglossan sea slug]
No picture found
 
Elysia verrucosa
[]
No picture found
 
Elysia virgata
[]

Photo by Scott, Sue

Atlantic, Western Indian
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)

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Elysia viridis
[Green Elysia]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Elysia zuleicae
[]
No picture found
 
Elysiella pusilla
[Puny Elysiella]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824

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Plakobranchus ocellatus
[Ringed sap-sucking slug]
No picture found
 
Thuridilla albopustulosa
[White spotted thuridilla]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-West Pacific. Tropi

Thuridilla bayeri (Marcus, 1965)

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Thuridilla bayeri
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Thuridilla carlsoni Gosliner, 1995

Photo by Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Thuridilla carlsoni
[Sapsucking slug]

Photo by Jacobson, Pauline Walsh

Western Indian Ocean

Thuridilla decorata (Heller & Thompson, 1983)

Photo by Photo by Jacobson, Pauline Walsh
 
Thuridilla decorata
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Thuridilla flavomaculata Gosliner, 1995

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Thuridilla flavomaculata
[]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Thuridilla gracilis (Risbec, 1928)

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Thuridilla gracilis
[Bayer's thuridilla]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 1 cm TL
Thuridilla hoffae Gosliner, 1995

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Thuridilla hoffae
[]

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Mediterranean Sea.

Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)

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Thuridilla hopei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Thuridilla indopacifica
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Thuridilla lineolata (Bergh, 1905)

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Thuridilla lineolata
[Lined thuridilla]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-West Pacific.

Thuridilla livida (Baba, 1955)

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Thuridilla livida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Thuridilla mazda
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Thuridilla neona Gosliner, 1995

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Thuridilla neona
[Neon thuridilla]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Thuridilla picta
[Painted elysia]
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Thuridilla undula
[Wavy sapsucking slug]

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-Pacific.

Thuridilla vataae (Risbec, 1928)

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Thuridilla vataae
[Sap-sucking slug]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bosellia corinneae Western Atlantic 1973
Bosellia mimetica Atlantic Ocean and the Me 1.5 DL 1891
Elysia annedupontae Western Atlantic. 2005
Elysia arena Western Central Pacific 1978
Elysia atroviridis Northwest Pacific 1955
Elysia australis Indo-West Pacific 2.5 TL 1832
Elysia canguzua Western Atlantic 4 DL 1955
Elysia catulus Eelgrass slug Western Atlantic 0.9 DL 1870
Elysia chilkensis Indo-West Pacific 1916
Elysia chitwa Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1955
Elysia chlorotica Emerald Elysia Western Atlantic 4.5 DL 1870
Elysia clarki Western Atlantic. 5.5 DL 2006
Elysia coodgeensis Coodgee Elysia Indo-West Pacific 1864
Elysia cornigera Horned sapsucker Eastern Central Pacific, 1.5 TL 1989
Elysia crispata Lettuce seaslug Western Atlantic. 15 TL 1863
Elysia deborahae Western Atlantic. 2005
Elysia degeneri Western Central Pacific 1955
Elysia diomedea Diomede's sapsucker Eastern Central Pacific 10 TL 1894
Elysia evelinae Western Atlantic 0.8 DL 1957
Elysia fezi Mediterranean Sea. 1968
Elysia flava Western Central Atlantic 2.5 TL 1901
Elysia flavomacula Northwest Pacific 1990
Elysia furvacauda Eastern Indian Ocean 1.9 TL 1958
Elysia gordanae Mediterranean Sea. 1988
Elysia grandifolia Mediterranean Sea. 1857
Elysia halimedae Indo-Pacific and Southeas 1954
Elysia hedgpethi Hedgpeth's sapsucker Eastern Pacific. Tropica 2.5 TL 1961
Elysia hetta Mediterranean Sea. 1990
Elysia hirasei Indo-West Pacific. 1955
Elysia japonica Northwest Pacific 1913
Elysia leucolegnote Indo-West Pacific 1990
Elysia maoria Maori Elysia Indo-West Pacific 2.5 TL 1937
Elysia marcusi Atlantic Ocean. 0.5 DL 1972
Elysia margaritae Mediterranean Sea. 1962
Elysia marginata Indo-Pacific 1871
Elysia mercieri Western Central Pacific 1930
Elysia moebii Western Indian Ocean. 1888
Elysia nigrocapitata Northwest Pacific 1957
Elysia nigropunctata Central Pacific 1871
Elysia nisbeti Western Atlantic. 1 DL 1977
Elysia obtusa Indo-Pacific 1938
Elysia ornata Ornate Elysia Indo-Pacific and Western 4 TL 1840
Elysia papillosa Papillose Elysia Western Atlantic. 3.5 DL 1901
Elysia patagonica Green sea slug Southeast Pacific and Sou 7 DL 1997
Elysia patina Western Atlantic. 2 DL 1980
Elysia purchoni Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL 1977
Elysia pusilla Flat Elysia Indo-West Pacific 3 TL 1872
Elysia ratna Western Central Pacific 1965
Elysia rubeni Northeast Atlantic and th 2020
Elysia rufescens Indo-Pacific. 1871
Elysia scops Western Atlantic. 2 DL 1967
Elysia serca Seagrass Elysia Western Atlantic. 0.8 DL 1955
Elysia subornata Western Atlantic. 7 DL 1901
Elysia timida Mediterranean Sea. 1818
Elysia tomentosa Sap sucking slug Indo-West Pacific and the 3 TL 1997
Elysia translucens Mediterranean Sea. 1957
Elysia trisinuata Northwest Pacific 1949
Elysia velutinus Sacoglossan sea slug Western Atlantic. 4 DL 1947
Elysia verrucosa Northwest Pacific 1985
Elysia virgata Western Indian Ocean 1888
Elysia viridis Green Elysia Atlantic, Western Indian 4.5 TL 1804
Elysia zuleicae Western Atlantic. 1.7 DL 2002
Elysiella pusilla Puny Elysiella Western Central Pacific 1872
Plakobranchus ocellatus Ringed sap-sucking slug Indo-Pacific. 4 TL 1824
Thuridilla albopustulosa White spotted thuridilla Western Central Pacific 1995
Thuridilla bayeri Indo-West Pacific. Tropi 1965
Thuridilla carlsoni Sapsucking slug Indo-West Pacific. 2 TL 1995
Thuridilla decorata Western Indian Ocean 1983
Thuridilla flavomaculata Western Central Pacific 1995
Thuridilla gracilis Bayer's thuridilla Indo-Pacific 2 TL 1928
Thuridilla hoffae Indo-West Pacific. 1 TL 1995
Thuridilla hopei Mediterranean Sea. 1853
Thuridilla indopacifica Indian Ocean. 2 TL 1995
Thuridilla lineolata Lined thuridilla Indo-West Pacific 2 TL 1905
Thuridilla livida Indo-West Pacific. 1955
Thuridilla mazda Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL 2000
Thuridilla neona Neon thuridilla Eastern Central Pacific 2 TL 1995
Thuridilla picta Painted elysia Atlantic Ocean. 1.6 DL 1901
Thuridilla undula Wavy sapsucking slug Indo-West Pacific. 2 TL 1995
Thuridilla vataae Sap-sucking slug Indo-Pacific. 1928



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