Elysia timida

Elysia timida is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk.[1]

Elysia timida
Right side view of Elysia timida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Plakobranchoidea
Family:
Plakobranchidae
Genus:
Elysia
Species:
E. timida
Binomial name
Elysia timida
(Risso, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Elysia viridis var. lactea Bergh, 1880
  • Notarchus timidus Risso, 1818 (original description)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean of the Cape Verdes and in the Caribbean Sea.

Feeding habits

It feeds on the alga Acetabularia acetabulum (from which it keeps the chloroplasts, that are able to continue photosynthesis in the slug's tissues) and Padina pavonica.

On Acetabularia acetabulum.
On Padina pavonica.

Life cycle
Mating behaviour.
Copulation.

References
  1. Elysia timida (Risso, 1818). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
  • Risso A., 1818: Mémoire sur quelques Gastropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observés dans la mer de Nice; Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 87: 368-377
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
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