Elysia lobata is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Plakobranchidae.[1] This sea slug resembles a nudibranch, but it is not closely related to that order of gastropods, instead it is a sacoglossan.

Elysia lobata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Plakobranchidae
Genus: Elysia
Species:
E. lobata
Binomial name
Elysia lobata
Gould, 1852[1]

Description

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Elysia lobata can grow to a length of 15 millimetres (0.59 in). In his original short description of the species in 1852, Augustus Addison Gould wrote: "Animal slug-like, greenish, dotted with black, and bordered with yellow; edge of mantle expanded in to a three lobed lateral wing. Head small with very large and long tentacles, tipped with sky-blue".[2]

Distribution

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Elysia lobata is found in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands and parts of Japan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Elysia lobata Gould, 1852". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Elysia lobata Gould, 1852 The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2012-01-23.