Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Elysia degeneri Ostergaard, 1955
Nudibranch genus Elysia feed primilary by piercing and sucking algae cells (chloroplasts).They are sap Sucking Slugs.Thats why Elysia is,like their food, often green.Young species are brownish or beige in colour.
Elysia degeneri is fairly variable, but always has an orange band on the inside margin of the parapodia. Can be found on Halimeda patches.
Feeds on algae genus Udotea.
Nudibranch genus Elysia feed primilary by piercing and sucking algae cells (chloroplasts).They are sap Sucking Slugs.Thats why Elysia is,like their food, often green.Young species are brownish or beige in colour.
Elysia degeneri is fairly variable, but always has an orange band on the inside margin of the parapodia. Can be found on Halimeda patches.
Feeds on algae genus Udotea.
