Elysia tomentosa

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Elysia tomentosa
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Elysia tomentosa about 1.5 cm in length
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Plakobranchidae
Genus: Elysia
Species:
E. tomentosa
Binomial name
Elysia tomentosa
Jensen, 1997 [1]

Elysia tomentosa is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Plakobranchidae.

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Distribution

Type locality is Abrolhos Islands. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jensen K. R. (1997). "Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the Houtman Abrolhos Islands and central Western Australia". In: Wells, F. E. (ed.) The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, 307-333.