Thuridilla picta Painted Elysia, Sap-Sucking Slug

Thuridilla picta is commonly referred to as Painted Elysia, 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.

Rafi Amar, Israel

Painted Elysia - Thuridilla picta, 2018

Courtesy of the author Rafi Amar, Israel . Please visit www.rafiamar.com for more information.

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Scientific:: Thuridilla picta
German:: Bemalte Elysia, Saftsauger
English:: Painted Elysia, Sap-Sucking Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Thuridilla (Genus) > picta (Species)
Initial determination:: (A. E. Verrill, ), 1901

Occurrence:: Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 12 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
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:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-01-14 16:43:39
Last edit:: 2020-01-14 16:56:06

Info

Thuridilla picta (A. E. Verrill, 1901)

The color patterns of this species make it impossible to confuse with any other species.

Synonymised names:
Elysia duis Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
Elysia picta A. E. Verrill, 1901

External links

Reefguide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Thuridilla picta, Painted Elysia, Columbia Wall & Casablanca, Cozumel 2021

Thuridilla picta, Painted Elysia, Dalila & San Francisco 2022

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