Thuridilla hopei
(Verany, 1853)

Order: SACOGLOSSA
Superfamily: ELYSIOIDEA
Family: Elysiidae

PHOTO

Costa Brava, Spain.
UPPER RIGHT: 15m, Photo: Miquel Pontes
LOWER LEFT: 8m, Photo: Albert Ollé
LOWER RIGHT: 6m, Photo: Lluís Aguilar
Pictures were shot at 15m, 8m and 6m, always on rocky bottoms where the green algae Cladophora grows.

References:
• Verany, M. (1853). Catalogue des Mollusques cephalopodes, pteropodes, Gasteropodes nudibranches, etc.... des environs de Nice. Journal de Conchyliologie, 4(1): 375-392
• Gascoigne, T. (1985) A provisional classification of families of the order Ascoglossa (Gastropoda: Nudibranchiata). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 51: 8-22
• Jensen, K.R. (1992) Anatomy of some Indo-Pacific Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa (=Ascoglossa)), with a discussion of the generic division and phylogeny. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 58: 257-296
• Thompson, T.E. & Salghetti-Drioli, U. (1984) Unusual features of the development of the sacoglossan Elysia hopei in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 50: 61-63

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (January 28) Thuridilla hopei (Verany, 1853). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/thurhope

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