Elysiella pusilla
Bergh, 1872
Photographed by: Jeffrey Davies
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Sacoglossa |
| Family: | Plakobranchidae |
| Species: | Elysiella pusilla |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #17740
This photo shows an actively crawling individual. The shape of a resting individual is completely different – just like a leaf.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #1070
This individual is feeding on the green seaweed Halimeda macroloba. In fact it has sucked out so much of the green sap from this seaweed that it has gone white!. There is an almost identical image of an individual of this species on page 48 of our book “Undersea Jewels A Colour Guide to Nudibranchs”.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Lembeh (12) Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- Bali (2) Jun, Jul
- Rinca Island (1) Dec
- Manado (1) Nov
- Lombok (1) Sep
- Philippines
- Kenya
- Guam
- Piti (3) Oct, Nov
- Piti Channel (1) Nov
- Australia
- New South Wales (2) Feb, Dec
- India
- Gujarat (1) Mar
- Mexico
- Bahia de Banderas (1) Jul
- PNG
- Milne Bay (1) Dec
