Elysia crispata

Lettuce Sea Slug - Elysia crispata

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Elysia crispata

A picture of nudibranch, Elysia crispata, from Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles taken by photographer Jon Chamberlain

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Lettuce Leaf Slug - posted by Gini in the Invertebrates category.

Sea snail - zeenaaktslak - nudibranche

The Lettuce sea slug species vary a lot in color, mostly something between dirty white or pale green or slightly blue. But this specimen is by far the most bright colored Lettuce Sea Slug i've ever seen. He/she was amazing! Elysia crispata

Elysia crispata sea slug is native to the Caribbean Sea.

Elysia crispata 🥬⁠ 📸 @paac18⁠ 📍Roatan, Honduras⁠ Fun Fact: The lettuce slug resembles a nudibranch, but it is not closely related to that clade of gastropods; it is classified as a sacoglossan. This species is called the lettuce slug because it is often green in color, and it always has a very frilly edge to its parapodia. This makes the slug resemble the curly kinds of lettuce, such as the lollo rosso variety. The maximum length of this species is about 5 cm and 3 cm in width.⁠ The…

Detail of lettuce like frilly gills on back of Elysia Crispata

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Elysia crispata from Saba, Windward Islands

An Elysia crispata, or "solar-powered" sea slug, photographed and illustrated. The picture was taken by Professor Gonzalo Giribet. Mary Griffin '13 did the illustration as part of Giribet’s class, "Biology of Invertebrates."

Elysia crispata

Lettuce Sea Slug - Elysia crispata 📍Eastern Pacific Waters 📸 Unknown! Tag if you know Nudi Fun Fact: Found in algal beds to shallow reef areas of up to 15 meters (50 feet) deep, you can easily identify this sea slug due to

Elysia crispata

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